GILLUM v. STATE

No. 54617.

468 So.2d 856 (1985)

Alvin GILLUM v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Tucker, III, Cook, Tucker & Sharp, Bay St. Louis, for appellant.

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

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.


SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

ALVIN GILLUM was convicted of burglary of a dwelling under Mississippi Code Annotated § 97-17-19 (1972), and sentenced to serve 7 years in prison. He appeals this determination of the Circuit Court of Hancock County, Mississippi.

Mr. and Mrs. John Highstreet of New Orleans, Louisiana, own a weekend home in Waveland, Mississippi. On the 19th of May, 1981, they were informed by their son that their Waveland house had been...

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