Kennedy v. State

531 So.2d 638 (1988)

Lonnie London KENNEDY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 58018.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 21, 1988.

William R. Sanders, Charleston, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

Lonnie London Kennedy was tried before a jury and convicted in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi of armed robbery. He was sentenced as an habitual offender to serve a term of…