Spikes v. State

302 So.2d 250 (1974)

Jessie Sanders SPIKES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48114.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 28, 1974.

Levingston & Jacks, Cleveland, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy and Vera Madel Speakes, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice:

Jessie Sanders Spikes was indicted for armed robbery. He was tried in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Bolivar County, convicted, and sentenced to serve a term of twelve years in the penitentiary.

On appeal, three grounds for reversal are assigned. All three challenge the sufficiency of…