Hall v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
539 So.2d 1338 (1989)
Michael A. HALL
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 57940.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
February 9, 1989.
Minor F. Buchanan, Jackson, for appellant.
Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Pat Flynn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
EN BANC.
ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:
I
Today's appeal implicates the grand form of our government. The making of rules of evidence to govern trials in our courts is a function at the core of the judicial power. We have exercised that power by adopting the Mississippi Rules of Evidence, effective January 1, 1986. While the ink was yet wet on the pages of…
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