VOYLES v. STATE

No. 58047.

520 So.2d 501 (1988)

Jimmy VOYLES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 24, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy Voyles, pro se.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.


SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court.

Jimmy Voyles appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus by the Circuit Court of Sunflower County. We remand for further proceedings.

Voyles was convicted of capital murder on October 7, 1976, and given the death penalty. He was immediately transported to the maximum security unit at Parchman pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated, Section 99-19-55(1) (1972). His appeal was affirmed by this Court on September...

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