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CESSNA v. STATE

No. 51730.

381 So.2d 173 (1980)

Alvin CESSNA v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Prewitt, Everette Verhine, Vicksburg, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Catherine Walker Underwood, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and WALKER and LEE, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Alvin Cessna was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Warren County of the murder of Phillip Morson on September 21, 1977. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Cessna assigns as error:

I. The verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence. II. The court erred in not allowing lay witnesses to testify as to their opinion of the appellant...

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