Ratliff v. State

515 So.2d 877 (1987)

Danny Clay RATLIFF

v.

STATE of Mississippi

No. 57257.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 4, 1987.

Roger F. Wicker, Sparks, Wicker & Colburn, Tupelo, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

On December 11, 1983, Thomas Mallory was dumped out in the middle of the road, a bullet in his head, his truck fleeing the scene, his personal belongings missing, but yet alive. Danny Clay Ratliff was subsequently arrested, indicted…