Beckham v. State

556 So.2d 342 (1990)

Isaiah BECKHAM

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 07-58753.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 17, 1990.

Ross Parker Simons, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., John R. Henry, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Isaiah Beckham was convicted of armed robbery in the circuit court of Jackson County and sentenced to life imprisonment. While incarcerated in the county detention center awaiting transportation to Parchman, he escaped on May 3, 1980. Thereafter he…