Gordon v. State

349 So.2d 554 (1977)

Lester GORDON, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50198.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 7, 1977.

Pleas M. Norris, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SUGG and WALKER, JJ.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the First Judicial District of the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant, Lester Gordon, Jr. was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi State Department of Corrections.

The…