Hentz v. State

Larry Shelton Hentz is a regular customer of this Court, having visited here at least six times. On this occasion he contests his conviction on June 28, 1985, in the DeSoto County Circuit Court of conspiracy to commit a jail escape. On July 3, 1985, Hentz was sentenced as an habitual offender under Section 99-19-83, Mississippi Code Annotated (Supp. 1988), to life imprisonment without possibility of parole. In reversing, we address three of the seven errors asserted by Hentz on appeal.

I. DID THE TRIAL COURT ERR IN SUSTAINING THE STATE'S MOTION TO QUASH APPELLANT'S SUBPOENAS?

Prior to trial the…