ALEXANDER v. STATE

No. 92-KA-00010.

647 So.2d 693 (1994)

John P. ALEXANDER v. STATE of Mississippi, Carmen Gettis Castilla and Mississippi State Parole Board.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan R. Wise, C. Stevens Seale, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Deirdre McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellees.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and PITTMAN and BANKS, JJ.


PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

In 1978, Alexander was convicted of murder in the Circuit Court of Hinds County and ordered to serve a life sentence in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. This Court subsequently affirmed the conviction and sentence in Alexander v. State, 358 So.2d 379 (Miss. 1978). Alexander was paroled in August of 1984.

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