Phillips v. State

794 So.2d 1034 (2001)

Eddie Earl PHILLIPS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1999-KA-01276-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 20, 2001.

Rodney D. Robinson, Gulfport, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Jean Smith Vaughan, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before McRAE, P.J., MILLS and WALLER, JJ.

McRAE, Presiding Justice, for the court:

¶ 1. Eddie Earl Phillips was convicted of murder, pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-19(a)(1)(2000), in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County. The State was permitted to amend the indictment in order to reflect Phillips's…