Alexander v. State

759 So.2d 411 (2000)

Norris Crawford ALEXANDER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 98-KA-00577-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 27, 2000.

Joe VanDyke, Sardis, William F. Travis, Southaven, Attorneys for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE PITTMAN AND BANKS, P.JJ., AND MILLS, J.

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Catherine Diane Blevin was stabbed in her Panola County, Mississippi, home on July 23, 1993 and died two days later. Her son-in-law, Norris Crawford Alexander, was convicted of capital murder as an habitual…