Flanagin v. State

473 So.2d 482 (1985)

Paul W. FLANAGIN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55620.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 24, 1985.

Rex K. Jones, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and HAWKINS and ANDERSON, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Paul W. Flanagin was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lamar County and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his ex-wife, Sharon Herzner Flanagin.

On May 25, 1982, at approximately 4:25 p.m., Paul Flanagin phoned the Lamar County Sheriff's…