Smith v. State

530 So.2d 155 (1988)

Albert Lynn (Lyn) SMITH

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57532.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 3, 1988.

Rehearing Denied August 31, 1988.

H.R. Garner, Garner & Garner, Gerald W. Chatham, Hernando, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Pat Flynn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.

ROY NOBLE LEE, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Albert Lynn (Lyn) Smith was indicted and tried in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County for the murder of Georgia Smith, his wife. The jury found Smith guilty of…