Sims v. State

313 So.2d 388 (1975)

James A. SIMS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48484.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 26, 1975.

Jacobs, Griffith & McIntosh, Cleveland, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by John C. Underwood, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before RODGERS, INZER and WALKER, JJ.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

The appellant, James A. Sims, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Bolivar County, Mississippi, for the crime commonly referred to as "receiving stolen property," and sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary with…