Wright v. State

387 So.2d 735 (1980)

Earl WRIGHT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 52081.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 3, 1980.

James H. Arnold, Jr., Durant, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and WALKER and BOWLING, JJ.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

Earl Wright appeals from his conviction in the Circuit Court of Holmes County of the charge of burglary under Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-17-21 (1972). He received the maximum sentence for that crime, ten years in the penitentiary. He assigns as error the…