Laney v. State

421 So.2d 1216 (1982)

Waddell LANEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53690.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 13, 1982.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1982.

John E. Shaw, Kosciusko, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Wayne Snuggs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Waddell Laney, appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted for the capital murder of Charles Busby Smith, deputy sheriff of Montgomery County who was acting within his official capacity. At the conclusion of the sentencing phase of Laney's trial, the jury sentenced him to death. Finding…