Opinion ID: 1585194
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: is johnson currently incompetent?

Text: Johnson's first point alleges present insanity as a bar to his execution on grounds of cruel and unusual punishment. The point is predicated on the affidavits of a clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist. Having examined these affidavits, we find that Johnson has failed to establish to a reasonable probability that he is presently insane. Billiott v. State, 478 So.2d 1043, 1045 (Miss. 1985) cert. denied, Billiott v. Mississippi, 469 U.S. 1230, 105 S.Ct. 1232, 84 L.Ed.2d 369 (1985). Accordingly, we find that he falls short of the evidentiary showing required of a proponent of this claim. See Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-57(2)(b) (Supp. 1986); Ford v. Wainwright, 447 U.S. ___, 106 S.Ct. 2595, 91 L.Ed.2d 335 (1986). (Although we overruled Johnson's Motion to Strike Counter-Affidavits, we do not find it necessary to consider them because he failed to make out a prima facie case of present insanity by his affidavits.) We hold, therefore, that Point 1 is without merit.