Ruffin v. State

444 So.2d 839 (1984)

Elzie RUFFIN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53652.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 25, 1984.

Morris C. Phillips, Jr., Wright & Phillips, Carthage, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Robert D. Findley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and ROY NOBLE LEE and BOWLING, JJ.

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Newton County for the crime of murder and sentenced to serve a term of life under the direction of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

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