Hill v. State

774 So.2d 441 (2000)

Lennis J. HILL a/k/a Lennis James Hill

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1999-KA-01776-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 29, 2000.

Lisa D. Collums, Gulfport, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Dewitt T. Allred, III, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before PRATHER, C.J., McRAE and WALLER, JJ.

WALLER, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Lennis James Hill was indicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County for the murder of Tracy Patton. The indictment was later amended to charge Hill as a habitual offender pursuant to…