AVERA v. STATE

No. 1998-KA-01662-COA.

761 So.2d 900 (2000)

Jimmy Lee AVERA, Appellant. v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Davis, III, Gulfport, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Dewitt T. Allred, III, Attorneys for Appellee.

BEFORE McMILLIN, C.J., BRIDGES, AND THOMAS, JJ.


BRIDGES, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Jimmy Lee Avera was convicted of murder by a jury in the First Judicial District of Harrison County Circuit Court. Avera was sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Aggrieved by his conviction, Avera appeals to this Court raising the following six issues which he contends require his conviction to be reversed

I. THE COURT ERRED IN NOT GRANTING A LESSER...

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