SIMMONS v. STATE

No. 95-KA-00427-SCT.

678 So.2d 683 (1996)

Aretha L. SIMMONS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Ratcliff, Ratcliff & Ratcliff, Laurel, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jackson; DeWitt T. Allred, III, Sp. Asst. Attorney General, Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court.

Aretha Simmons was convicted on April 10, 1992, in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County of capital murder of her one-year old child while engaged in the commission of felonious abuse and/or battery of a child pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 99-17-1 (Supp. 1976). The jury determined that she should be sentenced to life imprisonment and the trial court entered judgment. On April 17, 1992, the trial court...

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