Rose v. State

Earnest Rose, the appellant, and Mack Wood, Robert Smith Ballow and W. R. Scott were jointly indicted for the armed robbery of Donald Hendrix. A severance was granted, and Wood, Ballow and Rose were all convicted in separate trials at the October 1953 term of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Mississippi. Wood and Ballow appealed to this Court and their convictions were affirmed October 18, 1954. Wood v. State, 221 Miss. 901, 74 So. 2d 851; Ballow v. State, 221 Miss. 776, 74 So. 2d 854. Bose, upon conviction, was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of twenty-five years, and this…