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MERRILL v. STATE

No. 55297.

482 So.2d 1147 (1986)

Augustine MERRILL v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Pitts, Meridian, for Merrill.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Pat Flynn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for State.

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

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Augustine Merrill was tried on August 30, 1983, in the Circuit Court of Newton County, Mississippi, and convicted of the crime of murder. She was sentenced to serve a term of life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. From her conviction and sentence, she appeals to this Court.

In the early morning of January 9, 1983, Augustine Merrill shot and killed her husband, Robert Merrill. Although Robert Merrill...

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