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RATLIFF v. STATE

No. 54473.

459 So.2d 805 (1984)

Theo RATLIFF v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Lowe, Jr., Jackson, Thomas G. Clark, Clark & Massey, Laurel, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Robert D. Findley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and HAWKINS and SULLIVAN, JJ.

HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:

Theo Ratliff appeals from his conviction of murder in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County and sentence to life imprisonment.

The only issues he raises on this appeal are the state's failure to prove malice in the slaying, and that, since he was 62-years-old at the time of the slaying, to sentence him to life imprisonment violates the 8th Amendment.

Finding them to be without merit, we affirm...

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