Holmes v. State

483 So.2d 684 (1986)

Archie Leon HOLMES, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55921.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 29, 1986.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1986.

Jimmy D. McGuire, Gulfport, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by John H. Emfinger, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and PRATHER, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Archie Leon Holmes, Jr. was indicted in the First Judicial District of Harrison County and charged with the murder of Timothy Ray Albert. On March 9, 1983, after three days of trial, Holmes was found guilty of…