Hughes v. State

470 So.2d 1046 (1985)

Charles Lance HUGHES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54736.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 29, 1985.

William Cliff Heaton, Neblett, Bobo, Chapman & Heaton, Clarksdale, H.R. Garner, Garner & Garner, Hernando, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

That an accused should be put to trial only for that with which he has been formally charged has long been accepted in our society. The accused is said entitled to reasonable advance notice…