Harris v. State

527 So.2d 647 (1988)

Henry Lee HARRIS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57712.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 18, 1988.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1988.

James J. Fougerousse, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ZUCCARO, JJ.

ZUCCARO, Justice, for the Court:

On August 5, 1986, Henry Lee Harris was convicted of the crime of felony shoplifting. Harris was sentenced as an habitual criminal pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-81 (1972) to a term of five years in the…