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TAPP v. STATE

No. 51252.

373 So.2d 1029 (1979)

William E. TAPP v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel P. Walker, Jr., Hernando, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Robert D. Findley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant's appeal is from a conviction of murder and a life sentence resulting therefrom in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County. Appellant advances four assignments of error, namely;

1. The trial court erred in refusing to direct acquittal of the defendant because the second trial of the defendant put him twice in jeopardy for the same offense contrary to the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United...

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