Brown v. State

281 So.2d 924 (1973)

Henry Joie BROWN, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47350.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 21, 1973.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1973.

James E. Higginbotham, Greenwood, Henry, Barbour & DeCell, William Barbour, Jr., Yazoo City, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

BROOM, Justice:

Appellant Brown appeals from a conviction of having received stolen property. He was tried in the Circuit Court of Leflore County and received a sentence of three years in the state penitentiary of which sentence two years were suspended. We…