RUFFIN v. STATE

No. 56146.

482 So.2d 231 (1986)

Otis RUFFIN, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davey L. Tucker, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Harold H. Brittain, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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


HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:

Otis Ruffin, Jr., appeals from his conviction of embezzlement of a 1983 Cutlass Oldsmobile in the circuit court of the 1st Judicial District of Hinds County, and sentence to ten years imprisonment. We affirm.

The only issue meriting discussion is whether the fact Ruffin used the false name of Mel Young when he rented the car barred his prosecution for embezzlement.

FACTS

On March 6, 1984, Ruffin was indicted...

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