Stinson v. State

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Humphreys County wherein appellant who was serving a term of less than life in the penitentiary was indicted for (1) aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer; (2) kidnapping and (3) attempted escape from the Department of Corrections by violence. Following trial by jury, he was found guilty of simple assault on Count I; guilty on Count III; and not guilty on Count II. He was sentenced on Count I to serve a term of five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and a term of ten years on Count III to run consecutively…