Hutchins v. State

220 So.2d 276 (1969)

Jerry HUTCHINS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 45186.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 10, 1969.

Noel W. Buckley, Jackson, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

INZER, Justice:

Appellant, Jerry Hutchins, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Newton County for the crime of burglary. He was sentenced to serve a term of seven years in the State Penitentiary. From that sentence he appeals to this Court. For the reasons set out below we reverse and remand for a new trial.

The proof on behalf of the…