Tyler v. State

618 So.2d 1306 (1993)

David Carrol TYLER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 90-KA-1130.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 27, 1993.

A. Randall Harris, Jackson, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., John R. Henry, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and PITTMAN and BANKS, JJ.

PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from a murder conviction in the Hinds County Circuit Court wherein the Appellant, David Carrol Tyler, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Tyler does not dispute that he killed the decedent, Robert Singleton, but claims that he was legally insane…