Hurt v. State

WALKER, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of LeFlore County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant, Thomas Hurt, was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer and with being a habitual criminal pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated section 99-19-81 (Supp.1981).

After conviction of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, a separate hearing was held by the court without a jury and appellant was sentenced to serve a term of thirty (30) years without parole in the custody of the Mississippi…