Lewis v. State

454 So.2d 1306 (1984)

Malachi LEWIS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55011.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 22, 1984.

George L. Dorrill, Thornton, Guyton, Dorrill & Pettit, Kosciusko, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Walter L. Turner, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and BOWLING and HAWKINS, JJ.

WALKER, Presiding Justice, for the court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Attala County, Mississippi wherein the appellant, Malachi Lewis, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder and sentenced to serve the remainder of his natural life in the custody of…