WILEY v. STATE

No. 56373.

484 So.2d 339 (1986)

William L. WILEY v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Franks, Hernando, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., by Amy D. Whitten and Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, and Robert L. Williams, DeSoto County Dist. Atty., Hernando, for appellee.

En Banc.


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

This case represents the second appeal of the charge of capital murder against William Wiley. In 1984, this Court affirmed unanimously the guilt phase of William Wiley's trial for capital murder of J.B. Turner, while in the commission of robbery. Wiley v. State, 449 So.2d 756 (Miss. 1984).

This Court reversed the original death sentence because of improper remarks made by the prosecutor...

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