Brown v. State

ON MOTION TO SET ASIDE JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION AND REMAND FOR A NEW TRIAL

SUGG, Justice for the Court:

Cynthia Brown was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County for forgery and sentenced to twelve (12) years in the penitentiary. Defendant timely perfected her appeal to this Court by filing an appeal bond on August 17, 1977.

The record was not filed in this case and on March 27, 1979, the Attorney General filed a motion to affirm defendant’s conviction. The motion was sustained on April 16, 1979. On May 15, 1979, we sustained defendant’s motion to rescind…