Collins v. State

408 So.2d 1376 (1982)

Obadiah COLLINS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 52974.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 3, 1982.

Chill, Chill & Dove, Bernard W.N. Chill, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BROOM and DAN M. LEE, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

In the Circuit Court of Rankin County Obadiah Collins, in a joint trial with George Williams, was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to fifteen years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with five years suspended.

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