Knox v. State

SMITH, Presiding Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. This case comes to our Court on appeal of Steve Knox from the Circuit Court of Amite County. Knox was convicted of the capital murder of Ella Mae Spears and sentenced to death. He argues that the State presented insufficient evidence to prove the underlying felony of robbery and, therefore, the charge of capital murder; that the evidence is insufficient to support a jury instruction regarding the “heinous, atrocious or cruel” aggravating factor; and that the language of the instruction is constitutionally inadequate. This Court finds that all issues…