RODGERS, Justice.
The appellant, Willie Mae Anthony, was indicted, tried and convicted of the murder of Levell McClinton. The jury returned a verdict in the following language: "We the Jury, find the defendant guilty as charged;" whereupon, the Court sentenced the defendant to serve a term of her natural life in the State Penitentiary.
The jury did not "fix the punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the [natural] life of the convict" as required...
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