Wooldridge v. State

274 So.2d 131 (1973)

Thomas Lee WOOLDRIDGE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47200.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 5, 1973.

Floyd Eades Hogue, Gerald H. Jacks, Cleveland, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by T.E. Childs, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

BROOM, Justice:

Appellant Wooldridge was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Bolivar County, Mississippi, for the crime of burglary. From a sentence of seven years in the State Penitentiary he appeals to this Court. We reverse.

During the trial when the state rested, Wooldridge moved for a directed verdict which…