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GEARLSON v. STATE

No. 55268.

482 So.2d 1141 (1986)

Sam GEARLSON (a/k/a Geraldson) v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Tucker, III, Cook & Tucker, Bay St. Louis, for appellant.

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

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and PRATHER, JJ.

ROY NOBLE LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Sam Gearlson (a/k/a Geraldson) was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Hancock County on a charge of aggravated assault and sentenced to twenty (20) years in custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He has appealed from the judgment and sentence and assigns seven (7) errors in the trial below.

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