King v. State

SMITH, Chief Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. This case comes to this Court from Mack Arthur Kang’s resentencing trial for the August 8, 1980, capital murder of Lela Patterson. On December 5, 1980, Mack Arthur King was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death. On October 27, 1982, the Court affirmed both the conviction and the sentence. King v. State, 421 So.2d 1009 (Miss.1982). A timely petition for rehearing was filed and later denied by this Court on December 1, 1982. Id. On May 2, 1983, the United States Supreme Court denied King’s petition for writ of certiorari. King v.…