Barnes v. State

460 So.2d 126 (1984)

Harold David BARNES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55137.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 21, 1984.

Travis Buckley, Dan C. Taylor, Ellisville, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Henry C. Clay, III, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

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