Winters v. State

449 So.2d 766 (1984)

Arletha WINTERS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54093.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 15, 1984.

Charles S. Head, Lee B. Agnew, Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

On December 9, 1981, Thomas John McGee, then aged sixteen, made a bungling attempt to rob at gunpoint the Tinnin Road Grocery in rural Hinds County. In due course, Arletha Winters, defendant below and appellant here, and McGee were formally…