JENKINS v. STATE

No. 89-DP-1293.

607 So.2d 1171 (1992)

William Wayne JENKINS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Scott, Wilroy Scott & Rutherford, Hernando, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Charlene R. Pierce, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

EN BANC.


PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:

William Wayne Jenkins was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County, Mississippi, for the capital murder of Dawn Jones. He was sentenced to death. From his conviction and sentence he appeals to this Court assigning numerous errors. Finding reversible error at both phases of the lower court proceeding, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

THE FACTS

During the afternoon of December 5, 1988, Leroy Jones...

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