Spann v. State

771 So.2d 883 (2000)

Ellis SPANN, III

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1999-KA-00149-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 24, 2000.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 2000.

Jeffrey L. Hall, Hattiesburg, Attorney For Appellant.

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

BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., SMITH AND DIAZ, JJ.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Ellis Spann, III was convicted in the Circuit Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, of aggravated assault and capital murder. On the count of aggravated assault, Spann was sentenced to serve twenty years in custody…