Culberson v. State

456 So.2d 697 (1984)

Alvin CULBERSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55031.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 19, 1984.

Joseph Leray McNamara, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by William S. Boyd, III and Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and BOWLING and HAWKINS, JJ.

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant Alvin Culberson twice has been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. On his first appeal [Culberson v. State, 348 So.2d 1025 (Miss. 1977)], his conviction was reversed because…