Sudduth v. State

562 So.2d 67 (1990)

Doyle SUDDUTH

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 07-KA-58931.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 25, 1990.

Richard P. Ballard, Louisville, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Jack B. Lacy, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and PITTMAN and BLASS, JJ.

BLASS, Justice, for the Court:

This case involves the murder of a 76 year old black woman. The victim was stabbed in the abdomen and neck, and her dead body was found on her living room floor with an orange in her mouth and a glass vase in her vagina. Doyle Sudduth was tried and convicted for…