Hampton v. State

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal stems from the October 4, 2011 conviction of Tommy Hampton on one count of armed robbery. Hampton was sentenced, as a habitual offender, to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Feeling aggrieved, Hampton now appeals.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. On December 2, 2010, Ashton Van-devender was working as a teller at Citizens National Bank when, at approximately 11:45 a.m., she returned from lunch to her teller window and saw an older, African American male standing close to her teller window. The man, later…