PORTER v. STATE

No. 57469.

519 So.2d 1230 (1988)

Lester PORTER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Varas, Hazlehurst, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.


ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Lincoln County wherein appellant Lester Porter was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to thirty-five years imprisonment. Finding no errors in the trial below, we affirm both the conviction and sentence.

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