HOUSTON v. STATE

No. DP-78.

531 So.2d 598 (1988)

Judy Lane HOUSTON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack R. Jones, III, Taylor, Jones, Alexander & Seale, Southaven, Robert M. Ryan, Senatobia, Clive A. Stafford Smith, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Donald G. Barlow and Felicia C. Adams, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, Robert L. Williams, Dist. Atty., Water Valley, for appellee.

En Banc.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This shocking case of a mother's inhumanity to her child presents in sharp focus the dual ends of our criminal justice system: deciding whether the accused committed the crime but at once deciding the point fairly. The fairness point draws its importance from the dispute at trial whether the defendant mother was guilty of capital murder or some lesser homicide, and, assuming guilt of capital murder, whether at sentencing...

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