Lewis v. State

580 So.2d 1279 (1991)

Allen LEWIS, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 90-KA-0202.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 15, 1991.

Richard B. Lewis, Chapman Lewis & Swan, Clarksdale, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., John R. Henry, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and BANKS and McRAE, JJ.

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

On January 13, 1989, the Circuit Court of Coahoma County tried the Appellant, Allen Lewis, Jr., for the aggravated assault of Linda Faye Collins Carter. The trial ended in a mistrial and a second trial began on February 2, 1989. On February 3,…