Higgins v. State

725 So.2d 220 (1998)

Allen HIGGINS, a/k/a "Reamer," a/k/a "Jude"

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 96-KA-01325-SCT

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 17, 1998.

Richard Burdine, Columbus, for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General By Jean Smith Vaughan, Jackson, for Appellee.

Before SULLIVAN, P.J., and BANKS and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.

SULLIVAN, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

I

¶ 1. Allen Higgins was indicted in the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County on a charge of murder in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-19 (1972) on August 2, 1993. A jury found Higgins guilty of murder with malice…