JACKSON v. STATE

No. 48429.

310 So.2d 898 (1975)

Roy JACKSON, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holcomb, Dunbar, Connell, Merkel & Tollison, H. Hunter Twiford, III, Clarksdale, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, ROBERTSON and SUGG, JJ.


SUGG, Justice.

Roy Jackson, Jr. was convicted of burglary and sentenced to serve five years in the penitentiary by the Circuit Court of Coahoma County.

On March 18, 1973 at approximately 1:00 a.m. John Hopkins, a patrolman for the Clarksdale Police Department, was on a routine "canine" patrol when he observed Jackson enter the Fair Deal Grocery by climbing through a window located approximately eight feet above ground level. Upon orders from the officer, Jackson...

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