HILL v. STATE

No. 57019.

512 So.2d 883 (1987)

Winford Dean HILL v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Victor Bishop, Brown & Bishop, Fulton, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ANDERSON, JJ.


ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

Winford Dean Hill was convicted in the Circuit Court of Union County of attempted grand larceny and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Although we find the evidence more than sufficient to sustain a verdict, we reverse because of the trial court's improper limitation of the defendant's right to testify and to cross-examine and impeach certain witnesses.

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