ALEXANDER v. STATE

No. 50035.

358 So.2d 379 (1978)

John Peyton ALEXANDER, II v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacobs, Griffith, Pearson, Eddins & Povall, Charles C. Jacobs, Jr., Cleveland, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Karey A. Gilfoy, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Henry T. Wingate, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, ROBERTSON and LEE, JJ.


SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

John Peyton Alexander was indicted for murder. He was tried on that charge in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. From that conviction he has prosecuted this appeal.

The victim of the homicide was a Mrs. Robinson, a married woman, with whom Alexander had been involved in what is referred to as "an intimate affair."

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