HOUSTON v. STATE

No. 55241.

461 So.2d 720 (1984)

Willie HOUSTON, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie Houston, Jr., pro se.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Walter L. Turner, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, HAWKINS and SULLIVAN, JJ.


SULLIVAN, Justice for the Court:

The Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, entered an order denying a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed on August 29, 1983, by appellant. From that order he appeals.

On December 2, 1982, appellant entered a plea of guilty to the crime of murder before the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. A second indictment of armed robbery against appellant was nol...

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