Akins v. State

493 So.2d 1321 (1986)

Ernest Lee AKINS, Sr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56392.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 10, 1986.

Jack R. Jones, III, Taylor, Jones, Alexander, Greenlee, Seale and Ryan, Taylor & Whitwell, Southaven, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

Ernest Lee Akins, Jr. was convicted of aggravated assault on a police officer and was sentenced as an habitual offender to life in prison without probation or parole. We…