BERRY v. STATE

No. 89-DP-199.

575 So.2d 1 (1990)

Earl Wesley BERRY v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David O. Bell, Oxford, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Charlene R. Pierce, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.


BLASS, Justice, for the court:

On March 1, 1988, the grand jury of Chickasaw County indicted Earl Wesley Berry for the murder and kidnapping of Mary Bounds, and as an habitual criminal. Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-19(2)(e) (Supp. 1990); Miss. Code Ann. § 97-19-81 (Supp. 1990). In a bifurcated trial, Berry was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death.

From the judgment, sentence, and denial of post-trial motions, Berry appeals, citing twenty...

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