LAYNE v. STATE

No. 58292.

542 So.2d 237 (1989)

Robert Brent LAYNE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Berry, Jr., Gulfport, for appellant.

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

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


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

Today's appellant, together with an accomplice, developed a rather sordid plan of robbery and when the drunken victim did not cooperate, stabbed him repeatedly with his knife. Convicted of capital murder, appellant presents questions regarding the legal sufficiency of the evidence against him, the admissibility of his confession, the trial judge's interrogation of a witness and the correctness of a jury instruction regarding...

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