Davis v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
374 So.2d 1293 (1979)
Bennie DAVIS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 51377.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
September 19, 1979.
James D. Bell, Jackson, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before ROBERTSON, BROOM and COFER, JJ.
COFER, Justice, for the Court:
Defendant-appellant Bennie Davis was indicted of the crime of forgery by the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. On trial, he was convicted and received a sentence of fifteen years.
On appeal here, he has assigned and argues two errors:
1. The…
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