Woodham v. State

779 So.2d 158 (2001)

Luke T. WOODHAM a/k/a Luke Tims Woodham

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1998-KA-01479-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 18, 2001.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 2001.

Leslie D. Roussell, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.

McRAE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. In a judgment rendered on July 31, 1998, in the Circuit Court of Rankin County, Mississippi, Circuit Court Judge Samac Richardson ordered Luke T. Woodham to serve two life sentences for murder and one hundred and forty (140)…