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FAIRCHILD v. STATE

No. 55158.

459 So.2d 793 (1984)

Roger FAIRCHILD v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Mangum, W.H. Johnson, Jr., Decatur, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This case has exposed to us a slice of life we seldom encounter. A ne'er do well, a dope addict and a drifter — none of whose life experiences had been characterized by excessive regard for the norms and mores of society — met by chance and for a few days pursued a drunken odyssey across the Southern United States. One died a violent death in Newton County, Mississippi...

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