Richmond v. State

751 So.2d 1038 (1999)

Robert RICHMOND

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 98-KA-00499-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 16, 1999.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 2000.

Vicki Lachney Gilliam, Jackson, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Dierdre McCrory, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE SULLIVAN, P.J., SMITH AND MILLS, JJ.

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Robert Richmond was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County on a charge of motor vehicle theft and was sentenced as an habitual offender to a term of five years in the…