Rhodes v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
676 So.2d 275 (1996)
Lois W. RHODES
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 92-KA-00003-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 20, 1996.
Samuel H. Wilkins, Jackson, for Appellant.
Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, DeWitt T. Allred, III, Special Assistant Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.
En Banc.
BANKS, Justice, for the Court.
This murder case presents the always perplexing circumstance that the victim and the accused were the only persons present when the wrongful act is alleged to have occurred. Further complicating this case is that the prosecution did not ensue until many years after the event. In…
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