Carrol v. State

391 So.2d 1000 (1980)

Willie M. CARROL, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 52317.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 17, 1980.

Rex K. Jones, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, SUGG and LEE, JJ.

SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Willie M. Carrol, Jr. was indicted for murder in the shooting death of J.W. Hartwell. He was tried on that charge in the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. He has appealed, assigning as error requiring reversal:(1) The trial…