SMITH v. STATE

No. 53564.

419 So.2d 563 (1982)

Willie Albert SMITH v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Minor F. Buchanan, Jackson, John E. Gregg, Raymond, for appellant.

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

Before the Court En Banc.


BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Death penalty sentence resulted from the capital murder trial of Willie Albert Smith (defendant) in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, the Honorable William F. Coleman, Circuit Judge, presiding. The indictment charged that the defendant murdered Shirley Roberts while "engaged in the commission of the crime of robbery of said Shirley Roberts ..." On his appeal, the defendant (1) challenges several evidentiary...

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