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TERRY v. STATE

No. 51779.

384 So.2d 76 (1980)

Rezette TERRY and James Coleman v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Halat & Pisarich, Keith Pisarich, Biloxi, Harold J. DeMetz, Gulfport, for appellants.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Wayne Snuggs, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, LEE and BOWLING, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

On February 13, 1976, a joint indictment against Rezette Terry and James Coleman was returned by the grand jury in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Harrison County, charging them with the murder of Ellis Hertfield on July 5, 1975. After a joint trial, the jury returned this verdict: "WE, THE JURY, FIND THE DEFENDANTS GUILTY OF MURDER." The court sentenced both defendants to life imprisonment in the state...

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