Price v. State

362 So.2d 204 (1978)

Frank PRICE, III

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50624.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 23, 1978.

J.W. Kellum, Sumner, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, WALKER and BOWLING, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Frank Price, III, appeals a conviction of capital murder pursuant to a bifurcated trial and jury sentence to life imprisonment by the Circuit Court of Coahoma County. The sole issue is whether a peremptory instruction requested by the defendant was properly refused.

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