BURNETT v. STATE

No. 47519.

285 So.2d 783 (1973)

Rufus Lee BURNETT v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham & Gleason, Greenville, for appellant.

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


RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

This case came to this Court from the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant, Rufus Lee Burnett, was convicted of the crime of shoplifting. He was sentenced to serve a term of four (4) years in the state penitentiary.

The appellant complains that the court refused to dismiss the court-appointed attorney and to grant him a continuance, so that his relatives could help him financially to employ an attorney...

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