STEED v. STATE

No. 52507.

396 So.2d 625 (1981)

John M. STEED v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Holderfield, Percy S. Stanfield, Jr., Stanfield, Holderfield & Hall, Jackson, for appellant.

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

Before SMITH, LEE and BOWLING, JJ.


LEE, Justice, for the Court:

John M. Steed was convicted in the Circuit Court of Madison County on a charge of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. He has appealed and assigns six (6) errors in the trial below.

On October 28, 1979, Madison County Deputy Sheriff Merle Squires was called to an area of Ross Barnett Reservoir on Mississippi Highway # 43 where he found a female body lying face up, the upper half being...

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