HINES v. STATE

No. 49376.

339 So.2d 56 (1976)

Lawrence G. HINES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Stinson, Tylertown, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Vera Madel Speakes, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Karen Gilfoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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


SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Walthall County. Defendant, Lawrence G. Hines, was tried and convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment in the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

On the evening of June 11, 1974, three black men entered Webb's Grocery in Lexie, Mississippi, armed with a pistol. The men held the proprietors of the store, Mr. and Mrs. Webb, at gunpoint before leaving with...

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