Fairchild v. State

459 So.2d 793 (1984)

Roger FAIRCHILD

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55158.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 7, 1984.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1984.

Leon Mangum, W.H. Johnson, Jr., Decatur, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

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