Black v. State

506 So.2d 264 (1987)

Louis Lee BLACK

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57093.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 15, 1987.

Edward J. Bogen, Jr., McGee & Bogen, Leland, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Pat Flynn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

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