Kinney v. State

336 So.2d 493 (1976)

Arthur Earl KINNEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49089.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 10, 1976.

Brown, Alexander & Sanders, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by John C. Ellis, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, ROBERTSON and BROOM, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, For the Court:

Aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer ("Pete" Hines) was the offense for which Kinney (appellant) was convicted in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County. He appeals from a sentence of twenty-five years imprisonment. We affirm.

On September 2, 1974, two City…