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KNOX v. STATE

No. 56205.

502 So.2d 672 (1987)

James Wright KNOX, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Mills, Pyle, Harris, Dreher & Mills, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Jack B. Lacy, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

Today's case arises from a brutal sexual assault in Jackson, Mississippi, in the fall of 1983. The case is otherwise remarkable in that both at trial and on this appeal the defendant has taken an active part in representing himself, along with counsel.

On this appeal we are presented numerous assignments of error, including challenges to evidentiary rulings, the prosecuting...

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