Lewis v. State

725 So.2d 183 (1998)

John Wesley LEWIS, III

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 96-KA-01189-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 17, 1998.

John W. Christopher, Ridgeland, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Deirdre McCrory, Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.

PRATHER, Chief Justice, for the Court:

I. INTRODUCTION

¶ 1. This case arises from the October 14, 1993, double murder and robbery of Gertrude and Willie Woods (the elderly great aunt and uncle of the appellant). The appellant, John Wesley, Lewis, III, was indicted on two counts of capital murder April 12, 1994. In July, 1995, Lewis…