MATTHEWS v. STATE

No. 47581.

288 So.2d 712 (1974)

Larry G. MATTHEWS and Sammy Ray Oliver v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 7, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holcomb, Dunbar, Connell & Merkel, Clarksdale, for appellants.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

The appellants, Larry G. Matthews and Sammy Ray Oliver, were indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of escape from the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Mississippi, and were each sentenced to serve a term of five (5) additional years in the prison.

It is not necessary to detail the facts of the escape, except to say that the escape was accomplished by the use of a firearm. The defendants admitted that they were lawfully...

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