Alexander v. State

250 So.2d 629 (1971)

David ALEXANDER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46441.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 28, 1971.

Thomas C. Hogan, Meridian, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Timmie Hancock, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ROBERTSON, Justice:

Late Saturday night, April 25, 1970, James William Garland was shot to death as he drove his automobile on a street in Meridian, Mississippi. Jim Paul Rhone, David Alexander and Sandra Jones were jointly indicted in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County for the murder of Garland, "while engaged in the commission of the crime of armed…