Merritt v. State

517 So.2d 517 (1987)

Larry Alan MERRITT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56030.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 4, 1987.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1988.

E.V.E. Joy, Jackson, for appellant.

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

En Banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the court:

I

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