Opinion ID: 1742807
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: the lower court erred in sentencing the appellant.

Text: The lower court imposed a sentence of twenty (20) years on each count of the indictment, to run concurrently. The appellant contends that the sentences are harsh and amount to cruel and unusual punishment. This Court has held on numerous occasions that, when the trial judge imposes a sentence permitted by statute, the sentence is within the sound discretion of the trial judge and does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. See Adams v. State, 410 So.2d 1332 (Miss. 1982); Anderson v. State, 381 So.2d 1019 (Miss. 1980); and Green v. State, 270 So.2d 695 (Miss. 1972). The assigned error is rejected. AFFIRMED. WALKER, C.J., HAWKINS, P.J., and DAN M. LEE, PRATHER, ROBERTSON, SULLIVAN, ANDERSON and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur.