HILLIARD v. STATE

No. 1998-KA-01033-SCT.

749 So.2d 1015 (1999)

Bruce HILLIARD a/k/a Bruce M. Hilliard a/k/a "Rooster" v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Fernald, Jr., Brookhaven, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE PITTMAN, P.J., McRAE AND SMITH, JJ.


McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. On November 18, 1996, the Grand Jury for Lawrence County issued an indictment in which it alleged that Bruce M. Hilliard murdered Clarence ("Beater") L. Johnson in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-19 while in the process of robbing Johnson by putting Johnson in fear of immediate injury to or by violence to his person in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-73 (1994). Hilliard was offered, but rejected, a deal to plead...

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