Voyles v. State

362 So.2d 1236 (1978)

Jimmy VOYLES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50648.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 20, 1978.

David R. Sparks, Tupelo, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc:

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant, Jimmy Voyles, was indicted and tried in the Circuit Court of Lee County for the crime of capital murder of one Bernice Griggs. The trial was bifurcated as to guilt and sentence under the guidelines set out by this Court in Jackson v. State, 337 So.2d 1242 (Miss. 1976), as codified by legislative…