Hindman v. State

378 So.2d 663 (1980)

Dan HINDMAN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51194.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 9, 1980.

Fox & Gowan, Marc A. Biggers, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., and WALKER and BROOM, JJ.

SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Dan Hindman was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County under an indictment charging him with obtaining valuable services by false pretenses under the "bad" check statute, Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-19-55 (1972). He…