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READUS v. STATE

No. 47060.

272 So.2d 659 (1973)

Willie Lee READUS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 29, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Poole, Jackson, Josephine Hood, Canton, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

SUGG, Justice:

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for the murder of his wife. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Mississippi State Penitentiary by the Circuit Court of Madison County, Mississippi.

Appellant's defense was that the shooting was accidental and that he did all within his power to save his wife's life after the shooting. On appeal, appellant assigns the following errors:

I. The Court erred in refusing to grant...

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