Mhoon v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
464 So.2d 77 (1985)
James MHOON
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 55645.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
February 13, 1985.
Chatwin M. Jackson, Jr., Kosciusko, for appellant.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by William S. Boyd, III and Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:
James Mhoon, a sixteen year old, was indicted for the capital murder of William Denton Lawson in Grenada County. By reason of two prior burglary convictions, Mhoon was charged as an habitual offender pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-81 (Supp. 1982). Upon motion of the…
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