WALLS v. STATE

No. 51243.

371 So.2d 411 (1979)

James Lamar WALLS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farese, Farese & Farese, Anthony T. Farese, Ashland, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BROOM and BOWLING, JJ.


BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Murder conviction (and life imprisonment sentence) resulted from James Lamar Walls' trial in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Mississippi. Appealing here, Walls argues that one of the jurors should have been replaced because of information revealed after both the prosecution and defense accepted her. We reverse.

Walls was tried in December 1977 for murdering Glen Ford on October 16, 1976. That night, Walls and his female companion...

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