JONES v. STATE

No. 46091.

241 So.2d 829 (1970)

Johnnie D. JONES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 7, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Kelley, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., and John M. Kinard, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


JONES, Justice.

Appellant was indicted in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, at the November 1968 term for forging and uttering a check for $200. He was tried on this indictment in the same court and convicted on the seventh day of January, 1969. His sentence was nine years. He appeals. We affirm.

The errors assigned are: (1) The sentence of nine years was excessive; (2) The court erred in overruling objections to admission in evidence of proof...

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