Johnson v. State

416 So.2d 383 (1982)

Edward Earl JOHNSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53017.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 5, 1982.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1982.

Brown, Alexander & Sanders, R. Jess Brown, Jackson, Freeland & Gafford, James L. Robertson, Oxford, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Leake County wherein Edward Earl Johnson, defendant/appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted for the June 2, 1979, capital murder of J.T. Trest, a police…