Gates v. State

484 So.2d 1002 (1986)

Nazareth GATES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55362

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 26, 1986.

Roy Pitts, Meridian, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., by Anita Mathews Stamps, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

In the late afternoon of June 23, 1983, Gates shot and killed Willie Hughes with a 30-30 rifle in Starkville, Mississippi. Gates turned himself in and confessed to the shooting. He was indicted for murder. His trial was continued until the October, 1983,…