Richardson v. State

CARLSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Michael Shane Richardson was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County of capital murder under Mississippi Code Section 97-3-19(2)(e) (Rev.2006), and of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm under Mississippi Code Section 97-37-5(1) (Rev.2006). The State sought the death penalty at the sentencing phase, but the jury returned a verdict of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the capital-murder charge. The trial judge sentenced Richardson to serve a term of life without parole for the capital-murder…