Tolbert v. State

407 So.2d 815 (1981)

Donna S. TOLBERT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 52925.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 16, 1981.

Richard E. Stratton, III, Brookhaven, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., and WALKER and BOWLING, JJ.

SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Donna S. Tolbert was indicted for the murder of Tim Faust. She was tried upon that charge in the Circuit Court of Copiah County, convicted, and sentenced to life imprisonment. She has appealed, assigning for reversal several grounds.

At the time of the…