Cook v. State

483 So.2d 371 (1986)

Henry J. COOK, III

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55292.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 12, 1986.

James G. Tucker, III, Bay St. Louis, for appellant.

Tom Wright Teel, Walter W. Teel, Sekul, Hornsby, Wallace & Teel, Biloxi, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and HAWKINS and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the court:

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