Stevens v. State

458 So.2d 726 (1984)

Edward J.C. STEVENS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54435.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 17, 1984.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1984.

J. Kennedy Turner, III, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Catherine Walker Underwood, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and ROY NOBLE LEE and PRATHER, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

The appellant, Edward J.C. Stevens, was charged with and convicted of murder of his wife, Louise Stevens in the Circuit Court of Neshoba County and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Mississippi Department of…