Bailey v. State

463 So.2d 1059 (1985)

Leonard Roosevelt BAILEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54572.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 30, 1985.

Wade M. Baine, Gulfport, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ., and SUGG, Retired Supreme Court Justice[1]:

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

I

Leonard Roosevelt Bailey was convicted in the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi, of burglary of a dwelling and was sentenced as an habitual offender to ten years imprisonment without parole. On appeal,…