Burrell v. State

613 So.2d 1186 (1993)

Bennie Joel BURRELL

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 90-KA-1091.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 18, 1993.

C.E. Morgan, III, Morgan & Morgan, Kosciusko, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Pat S. Flynn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and PITTMAN and SMITH, JJ.

PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:

This is a sad story of murder and assault. The defendant's wife was stabbed twenty-six times by her husband and is dead. The defendant's ten year old stepdaughter, who was stabbed seven times during the same episode, has been severely injured.

Bennie…