Weaver v. State

497 So.2d 1089 (1986)

Michael Herbert WEAVER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55901.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 24, 1986.

Rehearing Denied December 10, 1986.

Charles R. Brett, Tupelo, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

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