Holmes v. State

ANDERSON, Justice,

for the Court:

This is añ appeal from the Circuit Court of Hinds County, First Judicial District, wherein Esau Holmes was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

During the evening of January 18, 1983, a group of men gathered at the Clinton Oil Service Station at the corner of West Ridgeway Street and Livingston Road in the City of Jackson. The crowd included, the appellant, Esau Holmes and George Bulley. At some time during the evening someone bought a bottle of gin from an adjacent store; it was passed back and forth among the crowd. An argument erupted…