PHILLIPS v. STATE

No. 51374.

374 So.2d 824 (1979)

Rex PHILLIPS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence D. Arrington, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Phillip H. Schwartz, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SUGG and WALKER, JJ.


WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

Rex Phillips, appellant herein, was indicted by the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, for the attempted bribery of a duly elected district attorney. On July 20, 1978, the appellant was found guilty as charged and was sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the State Department of Corrections and to pay a fine of $1,000. From that judgment, appellant prosecutes this appeal.

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