Williams v. State

482 So.2d 1136 (1986)

Levi WILLIAMS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55948.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 29, 1986.

Mitchell M. Lundy, Sr., Lundy & Lundy, Grenada, for appellant.

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

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and HAWKINS and ANDERSON, JJ.

HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal by Levi Williams from his conviction in the circuit court of Grenada County of assaulting and shooting Ben Handy, Jr., and sentence to serve seven years.

Because of an erroneous instruction granted the state, we reverse.

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