Duke v. State

340 So.2d 727 (1976)

Glenn DUKE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49256.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 7, 1976.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1977.

Richard E. Stratton, III, Allen & Allen, Robert O. Allen, Brookhaven, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, C.J., and SUGG and BROOM, JJ.

SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

Glenn Duke was convicted of attempted murder of B.E. Fisher and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary by the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County.

Duke and Fisher were the owners of…