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ROSS v. STATE

No. 55200.

480 So.2d 1157 (1985)

Willie James ROSS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack R. Jones, III, Taylor & Whitwell, Southaven, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Willie James Ross was indicted and convicted, in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County, Mississippi, of robbery. He was sentenced to a term of ten years; however, his motion for a new trial was granted. Ross was retried, with a different judge presiding, reconvicted, and sentenced to twelve years, out of the maximum of fifteen, in the custody of the Department of Corrections. From this conviction, he has appealed, and raised five assignments...

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