Starkville Man Convicted on Robbery Charge

JOE MITCHELL GILLESPIE

Gillespie

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) — An Oktibbeha County Circuit Court jury needed just an hour to find a Starkville man guilty of robbery.

The jury found 27-year-old Joe Mitchell Gillespie guilty Tuesday morning.

Prosecutors are getting together paperwork on his prior convictions before sentencing.

Gillespie could get as much as 40 years as a habitual offender.

The jury found Gillespie guilty of snatching a wallet after asking for money while the victim sat in a car in the parking lot of a Highway 12 business in October 2013.

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