Blunt v. State

CARLTON, J,

for the Court:

¶ 1. On May 6, 1996, a Lowndes County grand jury indicted Edward Lamon Blunt for the murder of Michael Taylor. Following a jury trial in August 1996, a jury convicted Blunt of murder. Blunt received a life sentence in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). This Court affirmed Blunt’s conviction on direct appeal in an unpublished opinion dated June 30, 1998 (96-KA-01095-COA). Blunt v. State, 726 So.2d 596 (Miss.Ct.App. 1998). Attorney Richard Burdine represented Blunt at both his trial and before this Court on appeal. New counsel represented…