Vaughn v. State

712 So.2d 721 (1998)

Johnny VAUGHN a/k/a Johnny Easterling

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 96-KA-00659-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 16, 1998.

A. Randall Harris, Jackson, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for Appellee.

Before SULLIVAN, P.J., and McRAE and SMITH, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This case is an appeal from Johnny Vaughn's murder conviction and sentence to life imprisonment without possibility of parole. Vaughn and Vanessa Givens were indicted by the Hinds County Grand Jury during the January Term,…