Jackson v. State

527 So.2d 654 (1988)

Robert Lee JACKSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57674.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 18, 1988.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1988.

Ralph H. Doxey, Doxey & Jones, Holly Springs, Thomas J. Lowe, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen., by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and PRATHER and GRIFFIN, JJ.

ROY NOBLE LEE, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Robert Lee Jackson was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Marshall County, Mississippi, for the murder of his wife, Helen Jackson,…