Barr v. State

359 So.2d 334 (1978)

Terry Lewis BARR

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50359.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 31, 1978.

Buchanan, Haltom & Saucier, Ben L. Saucier, Indianola, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Henry T. Wingate, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, LEE and BOWLING, JJ.

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for the crime of murder in the Circuit Court of Sunflower County, Mississippi. He received a sentence of life under the control of the Department of Corrections.

Five assignments of error are alleged by the appellant:

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