Gray v. State

351 So.2d 1342 (1977)

Jimmy Lee GRAY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50159.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 16, 1977.

Louis Fondren, Jr., Pascagoula, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Billy L. Gore, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before the Court En Banc.

SUGG, Justice, for the Court.

Defendant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death by the Circuit Court of Jackson County. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

This is the first death penalty verdict we have considered since Jackson v. State, 337 So.2d 1242 (Miss. 1976) which was tried in two stages as…