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COXWELL v. STATE

No. 52008.

387 So.2d 104 (1980)

Merrida P. COXWELL v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Poole, Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, BROOM and LEE, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Attorney Merrida P. Coxwell was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Honorable William F. Coleman, presiding, for receiving stolen property, was sentenced to five (5) years in the state penitentiary and was disbarred from the practice of law. He has appealed and assigns as error that the court erred in failing to grant a mistrial because of the district attorney's final argument wherein he referred...

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