Totten v. Mississippi
Annotate this CaseJerome Totten was tried and convicted in 2013 for burglary of a dwelling and grand larceny. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to terms of twenty-five and ten years respectively, to be served concurrently. Totten argued on appeal that the State failed to present sufficient evidence that the actual fair market value of the items stolen in the burglary equals or exceeds $500, thereby not supporting the conviction for grand larceny. After review, the Supreme Court held that the circumstantial evidence presented of the value of the items was sufficient for a reasonable jury to infer that the value of the items equaled at least $500. Totten also filed a pro se supplemental brief, challenging his burglary conviction in addition to the conviction for grand larceny. The Supreme Court found no merit to his challenge, and therefore affirmed his convictions.
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