PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:
Arthur Ray Lanier was convicted in the Circuit Court of Forrest County upon an indictment charging him with the murder of Buford Dedeaux, a policeman of Gulfport, who was "acting in his official capacity ... (as) a peace officer ..." in violation of Mississippi Code Annotated, § 97-3-19(2)(a), (Supp. 1982). Lanier was sentenced to death. The homicide occurred in the First Judicial District of Harrison County but was transferred...
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