Stallworth v. State

797 So.2d 905 (2001)

Sidney L. STALLWORTH a/k/a Sidney Lavern Stallworth

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1999-KA-01777-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 8, 2001.

Lisa D. Collums, Gulfport, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by John R. Henry, Jr., Jackson, Attorney for Appellee.

Before PITTMAN, C.J., COBB and DIAZ, JJ.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

PITTMAN, Chief Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi in which Sidney L. Stallworth ("Stallworth") was convicted by a jury of the crime of murder and sentenced as a…