BAKER v. STATE

No. 52439.

394 So.2d 1376 (1981)

Butch Lee BAKER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Heidelberg, Wright & Heidelberg, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Catherine Walker Underwood, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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


PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Butch Lee Baker was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County for carrying a concealed weapon after conviction of a felony and sentenced to life imprisonment without probation or parole under the habitual offender statute. Baker appeals, assigning four errors:

1. MCA § 99-19-83 (habitual offender statute) is unconstitutional as written and applied.

2. The Court erred...

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