Moawad v. State

531 So.2d 632 (1988)

Gary MOAWAD

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57874.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 14, 1988.

P.J. Townsend, Jr., Townsend, McWilliams & Holladay, Drew, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen., by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

ROY NOBLE LEE, Chief Justice, for the court:

Gary Moawad was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Panola County March, 1976 Term, for murder less than capital and two (2) aggravated assaults. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in…