Dudley v. State

719 So.2d 180 (1998)

Eddie DUDLEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 97-KA-00601-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 20, 1998.

Robert E. Buck, Greenville, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, W. Glenn Watts, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for Appellee.

Before SULLIVAN, P.J., and McRAE and SMITH, JJ.

McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Eddie Dudley was charged as an habitual offender on a two count indictment on April 25, 1991, for the murder of Cleve Williams, Jr. and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. His case was tried in the Circuit Court of Washington County on April 30,…