Bridges v. State

336 So.2d 1309 (1976)

Jerry Wayne BRIDGES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49251.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 7, 1976.

Moore, Epps, Ginger & Coleman, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by John C. Ellis, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SUGG and WALKER, JJ.

SUGG, Justice, for the Court.

Defendant, Jerry Wayne Bridges, was indicted, tried and convicted of burglary in the Circuit Court of Scott County. At the time of his trial the defendant was awaiting sentencing on a forgery charge in Louisiana to which he had pled guilty. On cross-examination…