Jackson v. State

450 So.2d 1081 (1984)

Walter O'Neal JACKSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54900.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 6, 1984.

Thomas D. Berry, Jr., Gulfport, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Henry C. Clay, III, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

This case comes on appeal from the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant was tried and convicted of the crime of grand larceny and sentenced to serve a term of five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of…