Hunt v. State

538 So.2d 422 (1989)

William P. (Bill) HUNT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 58149.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 18, 1989.

James P. Coleman, Ackerman, for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal by William (Bill) P. Hunt, who was convicted of murder in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County (on change of venue from Lowndes County) and sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment in the Mississippi Department of Corrections.…