Wells v. State

305 So.2d 333 (1974)

Roger Dale WELLS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48099.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 23, 1974.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1975.

Corr & Carlson, Sardis for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

This is a unique case of rare and singular facts. The grand jury of Tunica County, Mississippi, indicted Roger Dale Wells for the murder of Wayne H. Mayes. He was tried and convicted in the circuit court and sentenced to serve a term of his natural life in the Mississippi State…