HALL v. STATE

No. 55567.

490 So.2d 858 (1986)

Mervin Lamar HALL v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. McDonough, New Albany, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by John H. Emfinger, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and HAWKINS and ANDERSON, JJ.


PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Mervin Lamar Hall was convicted in the Circuit Court of Union County of armed robbery and sentenced to twenty five years imprisonment. We reverse because of the trial court's failure to permit Hall to question an accomplice in the presence of the jury despite the accomplice's refusal to answer most of the questions on grounds of self-incrimination.

On May 11, 1983, an armed robbery occurred at the Eastgate Pharmacy...

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