Johnson v. State

511 So.2d 1360 (1987)

L.V. JOHNSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56964.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 5, 1987.

George S. Monroe, B. Jackson Thames, Jr., Newton, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by H.M. Ray, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

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