Collins v. State

447 So.2d 645 (1984)

Rexie COLLINS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54746.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 21, 1984.

Stephen P. Livingston, Robert T. Cornelius, New Albany, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Walter L. Turner, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

I

The defendant, Rexie Collins, was tried for the murder of Eloise McAllister Judon in the Circuit Court of Union County, Circuit Judge W.W. Brown presiding. The jury found the defendant guilty, and he was sentenced to life in the Mississippi…