Crapps v. State

221 So.2d 722 (1969)

Margaret CRAPPS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 45165.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 21, 1969.

Stanfield & Wallace, Jackson, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, Justice:

The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of forgery in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, and was sentenced to serve a term of nine years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. She has appealed to this Court and contends that she did not obtain a fair trial in the Circuit Court,…