Ames v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
1Opinion of the Court
ISHEE, J.,
for the Court.
¶ 1. Tony Ames was convicted in the Lowndes County Circuit Court of Count I, armed robbery, and Count II, aggravated assault. The circuit court sentenced him to sixteen years on Count I and ten years on Count II, with said sentences to run concurrently. Aggrieved by his convictions, Ames appeals. Ames asserts the following alleged points of error:
I. The circuit court erred by denying a directed verdict on the armed robbery charge, and neither of his convictions was supported by the weight of the evidence.
II. He was entitled to a lesser-included offense instruction on…
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