Coleman v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
378 So.2d 640 (1979)
Stanley Kelvin COLEMAN
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 51372.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
December 19, 1979.
Gray, Montague, Jackson, Pittman & Hammond, S. Robert Hammond, Jr., Hattiesburg, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
EN BANC.
ROBERTSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:
Stanley Kelvin Coleman and James Sims, Jr. were jointly indicted by the grand jury of the Circuit Court of Forrest County for capital murder in the killing of Harry Burkett on October 6, 1977, while engaged in the commission of the crime…
Also in this document: Dissent; Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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