Peyton v. State

286 So.2d 817 (1973)

Roosevelt PEYTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47522.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 10, 1973.

Clayton Taylor Lewis, Philadelphia, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

SUGG, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Neshoba County. The defendant, Roosevelt Peyton, was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to serve a term of 10 years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Peyton assigns as error the action of the trial court in denying a continuance, overruling objections to the argument of…