SHELL v. STATE

No. 03-DP-0087.

554 So.2d 887 (1989)

Robert Lee SHELL v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Hathorn, Louisville, Clive A. Stafford Smith, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Charlene Robb Pierce, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Edwin A. Snyder, Dist. Atty., Eupora, for appellee.

En Banc:


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

The appellant, Robert Lee Shell was convicted in the Circuit Court of Winston County for the capital murder of Mrs. Audie Johnson, while in the act of committing armed robbery. Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-19(2)(e) (Supp. 1989). The jury found that Shell should receive the death penalty, from which sentence he appeals.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

During the early morning hours of June 8, 1986, Mrs. Audie Kirkland Johnson...

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