HOLDEN v. STATE

No. 52618.

399 So.2d 1343 (1981)

David Wayne HOLDEN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fielding L. Wright, Jr., James H. Heidelberg, Wright & Heidelberg, Pascagoula, for appellant.

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

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


SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

David Wayne Holden was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Circuit Court of Jackson County. On appeal Holden assigns as error the admission of testimony from his ex-wife and the refusal of a jury instruction.

On the night of December 3, 1978, Holden shot and killed Boots Vice but testified that the killing was in necessary self defense. Doris Delaughter was...

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