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BRIDGES v. STATE

No. 56302.

482 So.2d 1139 (1986)

Bennett BRIDGES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennie E. Middleton, Fayette, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and HAWKINS and ANDERSON, JJ.

HAWKINS, Justice, for the court:

Bennett Bridges pled guilty to a charge of capital murder before the circuit court of Jones County and was sentenced as a habitual offender under Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-81 (1972), to serve the remainder of his life in prison without parole. We affirm.

Bridges' attorney assigned and argued only one ground for reversal, that the imposition of the habitual offender law in this case was violative of the United States Constitution...

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