HAMMOND v. STATE

No. 55488.

465 So.2d 1031 (1985)

Howard HAMMOND v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel P. Self, Jr., Franklin M. Coleman, Meridian, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by John H. Emfinger, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and PRATHER, JJ.


ROY NOBLE LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Howard Hammond was found guilty in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, Honorable Lester Williamson, presiding, for the murder of Shirley Hammond, his wife, and was sentenced to serve a life term in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He has appealed to this Court and assigns four (4) errors in the trial below.

Appellant and his wife went fishing on Saturday, December 4, 1982. They arrived...

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