Pace v. State

473 So.2d 167 (1985)

Don Henry PACE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55545.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 10, 1985.

Thomas L. Kesler, Sams & Kesler, Columbus, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court: Part I.

WALKER, Presiding Justice, for the Court: Part II.

PART I.

This is an appeal by Don Henry Pace from his conviction of arson by the Circuit Court of Lowndes County. He was sentenced to six (6) years confinement in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

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