MAGEE v. STATE

No. 2003-KA-02358-COA.

914 So.2d 729 (2005)

Charles LaFayette MAGEE, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross Parker Simons, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Daniel Hinchcliff, attorney for appellee.

Before KING, C.J., CHANDLER and BARNES, JJ.


CHANDLER, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. After a jury trial, Charles Lafayette Magee was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Magee appeals, and raises three assignments of error: (1) whether trial counsel's confusion of the issues of competency and sanity constituted ineffective assistance of counsel; (2) whether the trial court committed reversible error by failing to order a hearing to determine...

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