Peden v. State

425 So.2d 1356 (1983)

David Paul PEDEN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53563.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 2, 1983.

Binder, Kirksey & DeLaughter, Alvin M. Binder, William B. Kirksey, Jackson, John E. Gregg, Raymond, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Catherine Walker Underwood, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and ROY NOBLE LEE and PRATHER, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

David Paul Peden was convicted in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Hinds County of arson and shooting into an occupied dwelling. He was sentenced to…