JONES v. STATE

No. 50727.

368 So.2d 1265 (1979)

Louis JONES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 28, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hatcher, Cleveland, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Carolyn B. Mills, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

EN BANC.


SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

In this case Louis Jones and Clarence Hawkins were indicted jointly for grand larceny in connection with the theft of a tractor. Hawkins entered a plea of guilty, but sentencing was deferred pending the trial of Jones. Jones pled not guilty and was tried in the Circuit Court of Sunflower County, convicted largely upon the testimony of Hawkins, and sentenced to a term of three (3) years imprisonment.

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