Oates v. State

421 So.2d 1025 (1982)

Edward Lee OATES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53623.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 3, 1982.

Scruggs & Williams, Eddie C. Williams, Bernard Gautier, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SUGG, P.J., and BROOM and BOWLING, JJ.

SUGG, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

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