Spurlock v. State

BARNES, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. This appeal proceeds from the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, Mississippi and a judgment of conviction of capital murder and a mandatory sentence of life as a habitual offender without eligibility for parole against Carl Sherman Spur-lock. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. The following facts are taken from testimony presented at trial. Spurlock had been a casual acquaintance of Robert Van Morrison for many years. Both men knew Larry Finch, an antique dealer and the murder victim in this case. Morrison knew Finch previously through the antique…