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JAMES v. STATE

No. 48160.

307 So.2d 549 (1975)

Wayne Maurice JAMES, A/K/A Offogga Quaddus v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 10, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson & Walker, Jackson, William H. Allison, Jr., Louisville, Ky., for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by John Underwood, Jr. and Karen Gilfoy, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, INZER and BROOM, JJ.

BROOM, Justice:

A murder conviction and life sentence is appealed by Wayne Maurice James, also known as Offogga Quaddus, who was tried in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi. Issues presented are substantially the same as in Norman v. State, 302 So.2d 254 (Miss. 1974), where the facts (identical in most respects) are set forth in detail.

In summary, a "shoot out" occurred in Jackson...

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