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MURPHY v. STATE

No. 54318.

453 So.2d 1290 (1984)

James MURPHY, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 15, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Morris, Ellis Turnage, Morris & Turnage, Cleveland, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

James Murphy, Jr. was convicted of the capital murder of Coralie Staples in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Bolivar County, and, the jury being unable to agree upon punishment, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections. He appeals.

CHANGE OF VENUE

Murphy's first assignment of error is that the trial judge abused his discretion when he did not grant...

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