Hartfield v. State

DAN M. LEE, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

The appellant, T.A. Hartfield, along with Ronnie Donald and David Rigsby, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Forrest County, Mississippi, for the crime of uttering. He was also charged under § 99-19-83 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, as an habitual offender.

Following a two-day trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty on the uttering charge. At a separate hearing, the court found Hartfield to be an habitual offender under § 99-19-83, Miss. Code Ann. (1972), and sentenced him to life without parole. Feeling aggrieved by the holding of…