Tolbert v. State

441 So.2d 1374 (1983)

James Lee TOLBERT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54036.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 21, 1983.

J.B. Garretty, Corinth, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Walter L. Turner, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and HAWKINS and ROBERTSON, JJ.

HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:

James Lee Tolbert was convicted of the crime of murder in the Circuit Court of Alcorn County and sentenced to a term of life in the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

It is only necessary for us to address one assigned error on this appeal, the failure of the state…