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LANCASTER v. STATE

No. 54597.

472 So.2d 363 (1985)

Jimmy L. LANCASTER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Joshua Stevens, Jr., H. Lee Morrison, Jr., Tubb, Stevens & Morrison, West Point, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

Jimmy L. Lancaster was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Chickasaw County for the crime of capital murder of one, Robert Kirby. The indictment charges that the appellant killed Kirby while he was acting in his official capacity and in the performance of his official duties as deputy sheriff of Chickasaw County on December 1, 1981. In a bi-furcated trial, the jury found the appellant guilty of capital murder and...

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