Ellett v. State

364 So.2d 669 (1978)

Colie ELLETT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50837.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 22, 1978.

J.W. Kellum, Sumner, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., SUGG and BOWLING, JJ., and MAPLES, Commissioner.

DARWIN M. MAPLES, Commissioner for the Court:[1]

Appellant was convicted on March 14, 1977 by a jury in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, of receiving stolen property. She was sentenced to five years in the State Penitentiary with three…