Case Name: Arthur L. STEVENSON v. STATE of Mississippi
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1978-01-25
Citations: 354 So. 2d 1095
Docket Number: No. 50123
Parties: Arthur L. STEVENSON v. STATE of Mississippi.
Judges: Before SMITH, ROBERTSON and LEE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 354
Pages: 1095–1095

Head Matter:
Arthur L. STEVENSON v. STATE of Mississippi.
No. 50123.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Jan. 25, 1978.
James E. Winfield, Vicksburg, R. Jess Brown, Jackson, for appellant.
A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Karen Gil-foy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before SMITH, ROBERTSON and LEE, JJ.

Opinion:
SMITH, Presiding Justice,
for the Court:
Arthur Lee Stevenson was convicted of the capital murder of a police officer under the provisions of Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-3-19(2)(a) (Supp.1974), and was sentenced to death. Since the case was tried before Jackson v. State, 337 So.2d 1242 (Miss.1976), his conviction and sentence must be reversed and the cause retried in accordance with the opinion in Jackson v. State, supra.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
PATTERSON, C. J., INZER, P. J., and ROBERTSON, SUGG, WALKER, BROOM, LEE and BOWLING, JJ., concur.