Powell v. State

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. On the morning of January 5, 2009, Deborah Ruhr, Coast Inn and Suites’ (the Hotel) manager, discovered that her office at the Hotel had been burglarized. After an investigation conducted by the Wave-land City Police Department, Danny Powell Sr. was arrested and charged with burglary of the Hotel. After a trial in the Hancock County Circuit Court, Powell was convicted of burglary and sentenced, as a habitual offender, to a life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), without eligibility for parole or probation. Powell now appeals.

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