HITE v. COOK

No. 46861.

264 So.2d 887 (1972)

Don Earl HITE v. Thomas D. COOK, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLemore & Ward, Greenville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Justice:

On August 2, 1970, in the Circuit Court of Washington County, appellant, Don Earl Hite, pleaded guilty to two charges of burglary and one charge of armed robbery. He was sentenced to serve five years in the State Penitentiary on each charge, the sentences to run consecutively.

On October 23, 1971, appellant petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, and on December 16, 1971, a hearing was had on his petition. The Court dismissed the original...

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