MILLER v. STATE

No. 57009.

492 So.2d 978 (1986)

Clarence E. MILLER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milford A. Weaver, Lucedale, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by H.M. Ray, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

Two issues are presented on this appeal arising from an oft-convicted felon's midnight flight from the George County Jail. First is the question whether it be necessary that the prosecution prove his escape attended by force or violence, a question we answer in the negative. Second, we are asked whether the Circuit Court had authority in vacation to conduct a recidivism hearing and impose a mandatory sentence as authorized...

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