Hutchins v. State

INZER, Justice:

Appellant, Elbert Ray Hutchins, was indicted, tried and convicted on a charge of armed robbery in the Circuit Court for the *513First Judicial District of Hinds County. As a result of his conviction he was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary. From this conviction and sentence he appeals to this Court.

The evidence in this case is sufficient to show that on or about 3 a. m. on April 19, 1966, appellant, hereinafter referred to as Hutchins, went to the Lawrence Hotel in the city of Jackson. When he entered the hotel, Robert W. Shivers, manager of the…