Fears v. State

779 So.2d 1125 (2000)

Marcus FEARS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 97-CT-00558-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 29, 2000.

Rehearing Denied March 15, 2001.

S. Christopher Farris, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Jean Smith Vaughan, Attorneys for Appellee.

EN BANC.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Marcus Fears was convicted of murder in the Circuit Court of Perry County, and the conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. Fears v. State, No. 97-KA-00558-COA (Miss.Ct.App.1998). We granted Fears's petition for writ of certiorari and reversed and…