MAPP v. STATE

No. 49004.

330 So.2d 881 (1976)

Tommy Edward MAPP v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Boyd, III, Laurel, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Karen A. Gilfoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., and John C. Underwood, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before INZER, P.J., and SUGG and WALKER, JJ.


SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

Defendant was convicted of burglary in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Jones County and sentenced to serve six years in the state penitentiary. We reverse because the indictment returned against defendant was void.

Defendant was indicted in vacation on on February 21, 1975 by a grand jury empanelled at the July 1974 term after the November 1974 term intervened. A new grand jury was not empanelled at the November...

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