ALFORD v. STATE

No. 56451.

508 So.2d 1039 (1987)

Emanuel ALFORD v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

As Modified April 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Adelman, Andalman, Adelman & Steiner, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Harold H. Brittain, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and GRIFFIN, JJ.


DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the court:

Emanuel Alford was found guilty as charged by the jury in the Circuit Court of Marion County for the May 22, 1983 shooting death of Gillman Giles and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He appeals and assigns three errors in the trial court:

1. The Lower Court should have either directed a verdict of Not Guilty at the...

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