Jordan v. State

474 So.2d 622 (1985)

Gary Lynn JORDAN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55662.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 21, 1985.

Herman F. Cox, Gulfport, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, DAN M. LEE and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Gary Lynn Jordan was convicted in the Circuit Court of Harrison County of uttering forgery. He was sentenced as an habitual offender under the auspices of Mississippi Code Annotated § 99-19-81 (Supp. 1984), and sentenced to serve fifteen years without hope of…