LOCKETT v. STATE

No. DP-64.

517 So.2d 1317 (1987)

Carl Daniel LOCKETT v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clive A. Stafford Smith, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Donald G. Barlow, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, and Orbie Craft, Dist. Atty., Brandon, for appellee.

EN BANC.


DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This capital murder appeal arises out of the murder of a Rankin County man as his wife watched, horrified. The Defendant, sentenced to die, has presented a great number of challenges to the legality of his conviction and sentence. We have considered these with great care, and, for the reasons set forth below, reject them all. We affirm.

II.

During the early morning hours of December 13, 1985, Lockett...

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