POWELL v. STATE

No. 92-KA-00253-SCT.

662 So.2d 1095 (1995)

Johnnie Mae POWELL v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelly Nichols Ellis, Ellis, Ellis & Fisher, Tupelo, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, DeWitt T. Allred, III, Sp. Asst. Attorney General, Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and SULLIVAN and McRAE, JJ.


McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

Johnnie Mae Powell was convicted by a jury of the Clay County Circuit Court on January 23, 1992, for the murder of Jennifer Hodges. She was sentenced to serve life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. After post-trial motions were denied, Powell timely perfected this appeal, contending that the circuit court erred in allowing rebuttal witness Linda Johnson to testify; in admitting evidence of the...

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