Bass v. State

231 So.2d 495 (1970)

John M. BASS, III

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 45699.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 9, 1970.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 1970.

Ralph O. White, Batesville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Delos H. Burks, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Timmie Hancock, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

John M. Bass, III, appellant, was convicted of burglary in the Circuit Court of Panola County.

This is a sad case of a young man who along with three other companions broke into a service station in the early hours of the morning and took several cartons of…