West v. State

553 So.2d 8 (1989)

Othie Lee WEST

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. DP-88.

Supreme Court of Mississippi, En Banc.

October 4, 1989.

Merrida P. Coxwell, Jr. and Robbin Wilson Cook, Stanfield Carmody & Coxwell, Jackson, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Charlene R. Pierce, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

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