Burnett v. State

285 So.2d 783 (1973)

Rufus Lee BURNETT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47519.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 26, 1973.

Abraham & Gleason, Greenville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

This case came to this Court from the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant, Rufus Lee Burnett, was convicted of the crime of shoplifting. He was sentenced to serve a term of four (4) years in the state penitentiary.

The appellant complains that the court refused to dismiss the…