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TRUNELL v. STATE

No. 56249.

487 So.2d 820 (1986)

Eli TRUNELL v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. West, Jr., Natchez, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by John H. Emfinger, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and HAWKINS and PRATHER, JJ.

HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:

Eli Trunell appeals from his conviction in the circuit court of Jefferson County of murder.

Because the circuit judge refused to permit Trunell to make an opening statement pro se without being sworn as a witness, we reverse.

FACTS

The grand jury of Jefferson County on October 4, 1983, indicted Trunell for the murder of George Inman while in commission of a robbery on June 27, 1983, in violation of Miss. Code...

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