Hilliard v. State

749 So.2d 1015 (1999)

Bruce HILLIARD a/k/a Bruce M. Hilliard a/k/a "Rooster"

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1998-KA-01033-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 18, 1999.

Joseph A. Fernald, Jr., Brookhaven, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE PITTMAN, P.J., McRAE AND SMITH, JJ.

McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. On November 18, 1996, the Grand Jury for Lawrence County issued an indictment in which it alleged that Bruce M. Hilliard murdered Clarence ("Beater") L. Johnson in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-19 while in the…