Pieratt v. State

235 So.2d 923 (1970)

David Scott PIERATT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 45844.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 11, 1970.

Murray L. Williams, Water Valley, William O. Semmes, Grenada, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen. and John M. Kinard, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice.

Burglary: Seven years.

The principal assignment of error in this appeal from the Circuit Court of Grenada County is that a fatal variance exists between the indictment and the proof. The indictment charged defendant with breaking and entering "* * * the…