Pruitt v. State

807 So.2d 1236 (2002)

John PRUITT a/k/a John Richard Pruitt

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 97-KA-00238-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 21, 2002.

Lisa D. Collums, Gulfport, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, Attorney for Appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., COBB and DIAZ, JJ.

COBB, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. On October 10, 1989, John Richard Pruitt was indicted in the Harrison County Circuit Court for the murder of Joan Easterling. At the conclusion of trial, a jury convicted Pruitt, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole. Following…