SMITH v. STATE

No. 44741.

208 So.2d 746 (1968)

Bill B. SMITH (also known as Bilbo Smith) v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 1, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Lackey Rowe, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

Bill B. Smith, appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Claiborne County of resisting arrest and was sentenced to serve sixty days in the county jail. Miss.Code 1942 Ann. § 2293 (1956).

An affidavit was made against Smith in a justice of the peace court charging him with reckless driving, a misdemeanor, and a warrant was issued for his arrest on this charge and transmitted to the sheriff. The arrest warrant remained in...

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