Cooley v. State

495 So.2d 1362 (1986)

Lucille Jenkins COOLEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55972.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 15, 1986.

Guy M. Walker, Laurel, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Jack B. Lacy, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

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