SMITH v. STATE

No. 54119.

430 So.2d 406 (1983)

Edward SMITH, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee B. Agnew, Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen., by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before BROOM, P.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.


BROOM, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Murder in a hospital is the unique feature of this case. Trial of the defendant, Edward Smith, Jr., was conducted during March, 1982, in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. The jury found Smith guilty and the circuit judge, the Honorable William F. Coleman, fixed the sentence at life imprisonment. We affirm.

On appeal here, the only argument of defendant Smith is that the lower court erred...

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