Williams v. State

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Seventeen-year-old Eric Lewis Williams was indicted for capital murder, conspiracy to commit capital murder, aggravated assault, and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault. Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Pike County, Mississippi, Williams was found guilty on the counts of capital murder, aggravated assault, and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault. He was then sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (“MDOC”) for capital murder, to ten years for aggravated assault,…