Lester v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
692 So.2d 755 (1997)
Gerry Lynn LESTER
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 93-DP-00619-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
April 10, 1997.
As Modified May 7, 1997.
George T. Holmes, Jackson, for Appellant.
Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White Jr., Leslie L. Lee, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for Appellee.
En Banc.
SULLIVAN, Presiding Justice, for the Court:
During its January 1992 term, the Hinds County Grand Jury indicted Gerry Lynn Lester for the capital murder of his one-year-old daughter Shadai Sanders in the course of felonious child abuse on or about September 29, 1991, in violation of Miss.…
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