Singleton v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

Danny Singleton appeals from his conviction of armed robbery, with over two previous convictions, and sentence as a habitual offender to thirty-five (35) years with the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

The only issue we address on this appeal is whether a jury verdict convicting him of armed robbery when he was indicted for attempted armed robbery vitiated his conviction. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

Edward H. Currie, M.D., and his wife were away from their home in Gulfport on the evening of September 22, 1983. He and his brother-in-law,…