SUTHERLAND v. STATE

No. 58145.

537 So.2d 1360 (1989)

Stephen A. SUTHERLAND v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 25, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luke J. Schissel, Caroline R. Moore, Greenwood, for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Deirdre D. McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

Stephen Allen Sutherland was indicted in the Leflore County Circuit Court for the capital murder of Travis O. Biddle, a Rankin County peace officer while acting in his official capacity as deputy sheriff and with knowledge that the victim was a police officer under Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-19(2)(a) (Supp. 1988). Additionally, Sutherland was indicted as an habitual criminal offender under Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-81 (Supp. 1988...

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