SANDERS v. STATE

No. 46773.

260 So.2d 466 (1972)

Donald Lamar SANDERS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 10, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland C. Lewis, Jackson, W.M. Conerly, Vicksburg, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by John M. Kinard, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Justice:

Donald Lamar Sanders was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Warren County of murdering Billy Ray Whitehead, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary.

On December 31, 1970, Sanders, who was 24 years of age, and his 20-year old friend, Alvin Breland, were celebrating New Year's Eve and were making the rounds of the night clubs and drinking establishments in Vicksburg. Sanders and Breland arrived at Sportsman...

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