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BAKER v. STATE

No. 52469.

396 So.2d 1021 (1981)

Ineta BAKER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Opinion Modified On Denial of Rehearing April 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Starrett, Magnolia, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, BROOM and HAWKINS, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Mistaken identity of a con artist who used the "pigeon dropping" scheme to bilk an aged woman out of her $500 is urged as ground of reversal here. Pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated § 97-17-41 (1972), the "pigeon dropper,"1 Ineta Baker (defendant herein),2 in the Circuit Court of Pike County was convicted of grand larceny, sentenced to two years with the Mississippi Department...

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