Kniep v. State

525 So.2d 385 (1988)

Delois KNIEP,

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57265.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 6, 1988.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1988.

Dexter C. Nettles, Jr., Vernon R. Cotten, Carthage, for appellant.

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

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal presents important questions concerning the new Mississippi Rules of Evidence adopted January 1, 1986. Of major significance to the reversal of the lower court's ruling is this Court's…