BROWN v. STATE

No. 95-DP-00407-SCT.

690 So.2d 276 (1996)

Sherwood BROWN a/k/a Sherwood Dywane Brown v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack R. Jones, III, Taylor Jones Alexander & Sorrell, Susan M. Brewer, Brewer McReynolds & Ball, Southaven, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Marvin L. White, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Leslie S. Lee, Special Assistant Attorney General, Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.


McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

Sherwood Dywane Brown was convicted and sentenced to death by a jury of the Lafayette County Circuit Court, sitting in DeSoto County, on one count of capital murder for the death of thirteen year old Evangela Boyd while committing felonious abuse and/or battery of a child. He further was found guilty and sentenced to serve two consecutive sentences of life imprisonment for the murders of Verline and Betty Boyd, the child's mother and...

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