Alexander v. State

503 So.2d 235 (1987)

Lawrence ALEXANDER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56208.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 18, 1987.

Rabun Jones, Howard Dyer, III, Dyer, Dyer, Dyer & Jones, Greenville, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

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