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MATTHEWS v. STATE

No. 52392.

394 So.2d 304 (1981)

Beneal MATTHEWS and Edward Eugene Jacob v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 28, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Murray Akers, Akers & Griffin, Greenville, for Beneal Matthews.

Edward Eugene Jacob pro se.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Mark A. Chinn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., and LEE and BOWLING, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Beneal Matthews and Edward Eugene Jacob were jointly indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Washington County on a charge of armed robbery. The trial judge sentenced Matthews to sixteen (16) years and Jacob to twenty-three (23) years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, and they have appealed here. Matthews appeals by counsel and Jacob appeals pro se, both on the same record. Matthews assigns six...

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