Smith v. State

499 So.2d 750 (1986)

Grady SMITH

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55945.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 26, 1986.

Darryl A. Hurt, Hurt & Hurt, Lucedale, Joseph Q. White, Jr., Pascagoula, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

WALKER, Chief Justice, for the Court on Parts I, II, and III.

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court on Part IV.

WALKER, Chief Justice, for the court.

The appellant, Grady Smith, was indicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County for the crime of capital murder arising out of the death of…