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BELL v. STATE

No. 50446.

355 So.2d 1106 (1978)

Billy BELL v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris C. Phillips, Jr., A.R. Wright, Jr., Carthage, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, WALKER and BOWLING, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Leake County wherein Billy Bell was indicted for the crime of uttering a forgery, convicted and sentenced to fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The assignments of error are that the trial court erred in imposing the maximum sentence of fifteen years, in failing to direct a verdict for the defendant after the state had rested, and in disallowing...

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