ETHRIDGE, J.
Appellant Louis Milton Dykes was convicted in the Circuit Court of Perry County of the murder of his wife, Evelyn Shannon Dykes, and, the jury being unable to agree as to his punishment, he was sentenced to a life term in the state penitentiary. In an earlier trial, appellant was acquitted of a charge of murdering his father-in-law, S.E. Shannon, on the same occasion.
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This case will have to be reversed and remanded for a new trial...
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