Cox v. State

793 So.2d 591 (2001)

Randy COX and Eddie James Shorty

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1999-KA-01014-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 2, 2001.

John D. Watson, West Memphis, AR, Wanda Turner-Lee Abioto, Memphis, TN, for Appellants.

Office of the Attorney General by Jean Smith Vaughan, for Appellee.

Before McRAE, P.J., DIAZ and EASLEY, JJ.

McRAE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Randy Edward Cox and Eddie James Shorty were tried together and convicted of the armed robbery of a gas station. Cox was sentenced as a habitual offender to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, and…