Williams v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
667 So.2d 15 (1996)
Leroy Christopher WILLIAMS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 92-KA-00761-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
January 11, 1996.
Roy O. Parker, Jr., Tupelo, MS; for appellant.
Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jackson, MS; W. Glenn Watts, Sp. Ass't Attorney General, Jackson, MS; for appellee.
Before PRATHER, P.J., and BANKS and McRAE, JJ.
BANKS, Justice, for the Court.
Here we are called upon to examine the interplay between our spousal competence doctrine and the hearsay exception prescribed in Rule 804(b)3 of the Mississippi Rules of Evidence. Because the statement at issue does not…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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