Smith v. State

802 So.2d 82 (2001)

Marcus Leon SMITH

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2000-KA-01935-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 13, 2001.

Thomas Michael Reed, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General, by Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, Jackson, Attorney for Appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., COBB and DIAZ, JJ.

COBB, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. On April 27, 1999, Marcus Leon Smith was indicted in the Forrest County Circuit Court for the murder of Timothy Holmes. At the conclusion of a jury trial, Smith was convicted and sentenced as a habitual offender to life imprisonment. The circuit court denied Smith's…