State v. Lee

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

The State of Mississippi, by and through the district attorney for the Nineteenth Circuit Court District, has filed an appeal from the circuit court of Jackson County based upon the circuit judge’s failure to sentence Wendolyn Dale Lee to life without parole following his conviction of burglary of a church and proof that he was an habitual offender under Miss.Code Ann. § 99-19-83 (Supp.1991). Lee has cross-appealed challenging the merits. Because there is no statutory authority for the State’s appeal, we note our lack of jurisdiction and dismiss the…