LAIRD v. STATE

No. 52990.

406 So.2d 35 (1981)

Vaughn LAIRD v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank H. Coxwell, III, Merrida P. Coxwell, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and SUGG and LEE, JJ.


LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Vaughn Laird was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District, Hinds County, Honorable Reuben M. Anderson, Special Judge, presiding, on a charge of forgery and was sentenced to fifteen years with the Department of Corrections, under the habitual offender statute, and he has appealed to this Court.

The appellant contends that the court erred in declining to enter a directed verdict of not guilty for the reason that...

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