BARNES v. STATE

No. 55137.

460 So.2d 126 (1984)

Harold David BARNES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Travis Buckley, Dan C. Taylor, Ellisville, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Henry C. Clay, III, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

Affording one accused of crime a fair (though not necessarily perfectly fair) trial is the raison d'etre of our criminal justice system. We have rules forged through experience designed to assure fairness. Where those rules have been offended, justice and fairness are likewise offended, and we often reverse though there be substantial likelihood of guilt.

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