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GROSECLOSE v. STATE

No. 53894.

440 So.2d 297 (1983)

Robert GROSECLOSE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 23, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross R. Barnett, Sr., Barnett, Montgomery, McClintock & Cunningham, E. Hugh Cunningham, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

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

Before WALKER, DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

I.

On April 4, 1981, Robert Groseclose shot and killed his ex-father-in-law, John Mulhearn, Sr. He was convicted of murder in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The issue of Groseclose's sanity on April 4, 1981, predominated at trial. In spite of impressive expert testimony that Groseclose was insane, the jury convicted. Under our familiar and normally laudable rules limiting...

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