Buford v. State

372 So.2d 254 (1979)

Eugene BUFORD, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51025.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 28, 1979.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1979.

Roy Pitts, Meridian, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Wayne Snuggs, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, WALKER and LEE, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Eugene Buford, Jr. was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, of the murder of John T. Handcock, Jr. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

On the night of…