Harris v. State

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice, for the court :

Roosevelt Harris appeals from a conviction in the Circuit Court of Leflore County of the crime of attempted robbery. The sentence was ten years, with five years suspended.

Mrs. R. T. Pigg operated a liquor store in Greenwood. While standing in the back of the building she heard the front door open and saw a man wearing a face mask enter the store on the run. Mrs. Pigg started toward the counter to press an alarm button which was connected to the police department. The man jumped the counter before she reached the alarm button, grabbed her, pulled both…