GERLACH v. STATE

No. 54694.

466 So.2d 75 (1985)

Mary Ann GERLACH v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Percy S. Stanfield, V.W. Carmody, Jr., Stanfield & Holderfield, Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Anita Mathews Stamps, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This appeal follows the conviction of Mary Ann Gerlach on the charge of murder for which she was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. On appeal Gerlach assigns that the trial court erred in: (1) allowing a said-to-be-improper hypothetical question posed to the psychiatric expert for the State, (2) failing to declare a mistrial or to discharge juror Carvin because of a mid-trial telephone call she received from an...

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