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WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 50116.

354 So.2d 266 (1978)

Edgar M. WILLIAMS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 25, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.W. Kellum, Sumner, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BROOM and BOWLING, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Murder conviction and life imprisonment sentence resulted from trial of Edgar M. Williams (defendant, appellant) in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Tallahatchie County. As grounds for a new trial, it is argued that the trial court committed reversible error in (1) admitting into evidence photographs of the victim's body, (2) granting state's instruction No. 4, and (3) refusing to grant certain defense instructions...

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