Brown v. State

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

Calvin Brown and Cecil Bettis Jr. were jointly tried and convicted of robbery at a jury trial in the Jackson County Circuit Court and they were each sentenced to the Department of Correction for a period of 21 years.

Both Brown and Bettis were convicted of burglary in connection with the same incident. Appellant Brown’s burglary conviction was reversed and appellant Bettis’s conviction was affirmed by separate opinions being handed down today in case No. CR75-27. The pertinent background facts are set out in our opinion on the burglary convictions and will not be…