REED v. STATE

No. 57692.

526 So.2d 538 (1988)

Willie Earl REED v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnnie E. Walls, Jr., Walls & Irving, Greenville, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ANDERSON, JJ.


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

Willie Earl Reed was indicted for the September 28, 1983, murder of Robert L. Merrill. A change of venue from Washington County to Leflore County was ordered and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. At the sentencing hearing, the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. Motion for new trial/j.n.o.v. was overruled, and from the adverse ruling, the appellant appeals and assigns as error:

PROPOSITION NO. 1 THE...

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