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SYKES v. STATE

No. 97-KA-01545-COA.

749 So.2d 239 (1999)

Sylvester SYKES, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

August 24, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Thorne, Tupelo, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE SOUTHWICK, P.J., BRIDGES, AND IRVING, JJ.

SOUTHWICK, P.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Sylvester Sykes was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lee County of burglary of a building. On appeal Sykes challenges the weight and sufficiency of the evidence, the use of peremptory challenges to jurors, the admissibility of his confession, the denial of his request for a circumstantial evidence instruction, and the adequacy of the proof of the former convictions that were used to enhance his sentence. Each of these arguments...

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