TUBBS v. STATE

No. 52732.

402 So.2d 830 (1981)

Eddie Jerome TUBBS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Richard Barry, Thomas L. Webb, Bourdeaux & Jones, Meridian, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Robert D. Findley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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


SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

Eddie Jerome Tubbs was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County for the capital murder of Hubert Marshall Brand and sentenced to life imprisonment. One of the nine assignments of error is that the verdict of the jury was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.

On September 17, 1979, Brand's body was found in a trash dump about eight miles west of Meridian, Mississippi. Brand had been severely beaten on his...

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