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RUFFIN v. STATE

No. 55765.

481 So.2d 312 (1985)

Elzie RUFFIN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris C. Phillips, Wright & Phillips, Carthage, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the court:

This is the third trial in the Newton County Circuit Court of the appellant Elzie Ruffin on a charge of murder of his wife. The first trial in March, 1981, resulted in a mistrial. The second trial in August, 1981 concluded with a conviction of the defendant and imposition of a life sentence which was reversed by this Court for the improper refusal of a manslaughter instruction. Ruffin v. State, 444 So.2d 839...

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