Alford v. State

508 So.2d 1039 (1987)

Emanuel ALFORD

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56451.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 18, 1987.

As Modified April 22, 1987.

Michael Adelman, Andalman, Adelman & Steiner, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Harold H. Brittain, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and GRIFFIN, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the court:

Emanuel Alford was found guilty as charged by the jury in the Circuit Court of Marion County for the May 22, 1983 shooting death of Gillman Giles and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the custody…