HAINES v. STATE

No. 54018.

428 So.2d 590 (1983)

Roy W. HAINES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyce Holleman, Michael B. Holleman, Gulfport, Thomas L. Goldman, Meridian, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En banc.


ROY NOBLE LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Roy W. Haines was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County on a charge of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He perfected an appeal to this Court on August 13, 1982, which appeal is presently pending. Haines died on December 29, 1982, and the State of Mississippi has filed a Suggestion of Haines' Death and has requested that the appeal be dismissed as moot.

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