Case Name: Marion Albert PRUETT v. STATE of Mississippi
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1990-12-27
Citations: 574 So. 2d 1342
Docket Number: No. 89-CA-0814
Parties: Marion Albert PRUETT v. STATE of Mississippi.
Judges: ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., HAWKINS and DAN M. LEE, P.JJ., and PRATHER, ROBERTSON and BLASS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 574
Pages: 1342–1369

Head Matter:
Marion Albert PRUETT v. STATE of Mississippi.
No. 89-CA-0814.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Dec. 27, 1990.
Clive A. Stafford Smith, Stephen B. Bright, Palmer Singleton, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.
Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Opinion:
SULLIVAN, Justice,
for the Court:
This appeal was argued on the same day as Wilson v. State, 574 So.2d 1324 (Miss.1990), and 574 So.2d 1338 (Miss.1990), and is controlled by our holding therein.
Mississippi Code Annotated § 99-15-17 (Supp.1990), is not unconstitutional and this case is reversed and remanded for a proper hearing on expenses under the statute.
REVERSED AND REMANDED FOR A HEARING ON THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF EXPENSES.
ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., HAWKINS and DAN M. LEE, P.JJ., and PRATHER, ROBERTSON and BLASS, JJ., concur.
ROBERTSON, J., concurs by separate written opinion.
ANDERSON, J., dissents.
PITTMAN, J., not participating.