HAWKINS v. STATE

No. 2011-KA-00557-SCT.

101 So.3d 638 (2012)

Glenn Wane HAWKINS a/k/a Glenn Wayne Hawkins v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of Indigent Appeals by W. Daniel Hinchcliff , Leslie S. Lee , attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts , Scott Stuart , attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.


KITCHENS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Glenn Wane Hawkins was convicted by a jury of murdering his girlfriend, Rita Fair, and given a mandatory life sentence. Hawkins timely filed this direct appeal, claiming that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction. Hawkins also raises issues regarding a jury instruction which outlined the distinctions between depraved heart murder and culpable negligence manslaughter. Finding no error, we affirm his conviction...

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