Williams v. State

ROBERTSON, Justice.

The appellant, Abner Williams, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Jones County, Mississippi, of the crime of armed robbery. He was sentenced to serve a term of sixteen years in the state penitentiary.

The principal contentions of the appellant are: that the trial court erred in refusing to strike the testimony of Napoleon Evans, a Negro policeman, because he failed to give the appellant the warnings required under Miranda,', and that the trial court erred in imposing a grossly excessive sentence under the facts of this case.

Joe Booth, a Negro about 65…