Brown v. State

533 So.2d 1118 (1988)

Billy Gunn BROWN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57899.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 9, 1988.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 1988.

G. Jyles Eaves, Louisville, John Arthur Eaves, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Deirdre D. McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and SULLIVAN and ZUCCARO, JJ.

ZUCCARO, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

We are called on today to interpret in a case of first impression, § 99-15-26 of the Mississippi Code. The appeal before us was taken from an order of the…