Woods v. State

This multiple indictment and conviction arose in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County. Appellant, Robert Lee Woods, was charged in one indictment consisting of three counts: Burglary, armed robbery and kidnapping. The indictment further charged that as appellant had two prior felony convictions on separate charges and had received sentences of more than one year under each, he should receive an enhanced sentence as a habitual criminal under Mississippi Code Annotated section 99-19-81 (Supp.).

The trial resulted in the conviction of appellant under all three counts of the indictment. The jury…