Court of Appeals of Mississippi April 11, 2000, No. 1998-KA-01281-COA (Odom v. State)

MOORE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Appellant Richard Odom was indicted for murder while in the commission of a robbery. Following trial in the Rankin County Circuit Court, the jury found Odom guilty of the lesser offense of murder on November 3, 1978. Ater the trial court granted Odom a new trial, Odom pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment.