HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:
Larry Donnell Ruffin was convicted of murder and given a life sentence at a bifurcated trial in Harrison County. A change of venue from Forrest County had been granted due to pre-trial publicity.
FACTS
In the rural community of Eatonville in Forrest County, on May 4, 1979, the residences of Dwayne and Eva Gail Patterson and Charles Smith were approximately 200 feet distance from each other. Dwayne Patterson was employed...
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