Christopher Lee Baxter v. State of Mississippi

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

WALLER, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In the summer of 2010, a George County sheriffs deputy attempted to pull over a Chevrolet pickup truck. In the truck were Christopher Baxter and Brandy Williams. The truck did not stop, and a high-speed chase ensued. In an effort to apprehend the two, the George County Sheriffs Department set up a roadblock. The truck, however, did not stop, and Sheriff Garry Welford was run over and killed.

¶ 2. Baxter and Williams were charged with capital murder and tried separately. Baxter was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without…