Lester v. State

744 So.2d 757 (1999)

Stanley LESTER, Jimmy Wrenn and Martha F. Butler a/k/a Jimmy Wren a/k/a Jimmy Lee Wren a/k/a Martha Faye Butler

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 96-CT-01072-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 1, 1999.

David Walker, Batesville, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Pat Flynn, Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Stanley Lester was convicted of accessory before the fact to capital rape and sentenced to eight years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.…