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BUFORD v. STATE

No. 51025.

372 So.2d 254 (1979)

Eugene BUFORD, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Pitts, Meridian, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Wayne Snuggs, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, WALKER and LEE, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Eugene Buford, Jr. was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, of the murder of John T. Handcock, Jr. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

On the night of September 12, 1975, at the Naval Air Station near Meridian, Mississippi, Buford, Christian Sandifer, Jr., and Handcock were drinking in Buford's room. Buford and Handcock were...

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