Ransom v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
919 So.2d 887 (2005)
Melvin Darnell RANSOM
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2002-CT-00267-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
September 22, 2005.
Rehearing Denied December 8, 2005.
Melvin Darnell Ransom, pro se.
W.E. Gore, Jr., Jackson, attorney for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart, Faye Peterson, attorney for appellee.
EN BANC.
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI
EASLEY, Justice, for the Court.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 1. Melvin Darnell Ransom was convicted of strong-arm robbery and sentenced by the Hinds County Circuit Court to serve a term of fifteen years in prison. Ransom's appeal of his conviction…
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