Bright v. State

349 So.2d 503 (1977)

Lewis Lamar BRIGHT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49788.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 17, 1977.

Buckley & Ford, Travis Buckley, Laurel, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Pete J. Cajoleas, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., SMITH, P.J., LEE, J., and HESTER, C.

JAMES D. HESTER, Commissioner for the Court:[1]

On May 4, 1975 the appellant, Lewis Lamar Bright, shot and killed Richard Mansell Weaver at the apartment of the appellant's estranged wife. He was indicted and tried for the crime of murder in the Circuit Court of Choctaw County.…