BALLENGER v. STATE

No. 93-DP-00081-SCT.

667 So.2d 1242 (1995)

Vernice BALLENGER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

As Modified November 22, 1995.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andre de Gruy, Charles C. Pearce, Jackson, MS, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jackson, MS; Marvin L. White, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Jackson, MS; Charlene R. Pierce, Sp. Ass't Attorney General, Jackson, MS, for Appellee.

En Banc.


JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., Justice, for the Court:

Vernice Ballenger ("Ballenger") was indicted by a Leake County, Mississippi, grand jury on September 2, 1992, for the capital murder of Myrtle Ellis while engaged in the commission of the crime of robbery. A jury was impaneled and Ballenger was found guilty. A separate sentencing hearing was conducted and on January 13, 1993, Ballenger was sentenced to death by lethal injection. It is from this conviction and sentence...

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