FOSTER v. STATE

No. 2005-KA-01938-SCT.

961 So.2d 670 (2007)

Ronald Chris FOSTER a/k/a Ron Chris Foster v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 16, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Farrow, Columbus, Steve Wallace, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by John R. Henry, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.


WALLER, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. We vacated the death sentence of Ronald Chris Foster pursuant to the United States Supreme Court's decision in Roper v. Simmons, and directed the Circuit Court of Lowndes County to resentence Foster to life in prison without the possibility of parole under Miss.Code Ann. § 99-19-107 (Rev.2000). The circuit court complied with that directive. On appeal, Foster challenges the applicability of section 99...

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