Thames v. State

454 So.2d 486 (1984)

Donnell THAMES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54988.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 25, 1984.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 1984.

V.W. Carmody, Jr., Stanfield & Holderfield, Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

On the evening of January 8, 1982, the business premises of Bourgeois Jewelers in Jackson, Mississippi were burglarized. On March 30, 1982, Donnell Thames, Defendant below and Appellant here, was formally…