Moran v. State

ROBERTSON, Justice,

for the Court:

Victor Wayne Moran was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County, Mississippi, of the murder of Bessie D. Myers. The court sentenced Moran to life in the state penitentiary. Moran appeals.

*464On September 29, 1974, Moran, aged 20, and his 15-year-old girl friend, Vicki Galin, went to visit 84-year-old Bessie Myers, whom Moran had known all of his life. Mrs. Myers lived across the street from Moran’s parents. Moran asked Mrs. Myers if she knew of a place that he and his girl friend could stay until he found…