Hathorne v. State

759 So.2d 1127 (1999)

Sylvester HATHORNE a/k/a Sylvester James Hathorne a/k/a Sylvester Hawthorne

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 98-KA-00412-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 21, 1999.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 2000.

Wayne Hynum, Hattiesburg, Attorney for Appellant.

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

BEFORE SULLIVAN, P.J., BANKS AND WALLER, JJ.

WALLER, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. On February 3, 1997, Appellant Sylvester Hawthorne ("Hawthorne"), Dorothy Hawthorne ("Dorothy"), Dinah Hawthorne ("Dinah"), Calvin Vaughn ("Vaughn"), and…