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FERGUSON v. STATE

No. 56453.

507 So.2d 94 (1987)

James M. FERGUSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie Scott, Bryan, Nelson, Allen, Schroeder & Compton, Biloxi, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal from the Circuit Court of Harrison County calls upon us to discuss the duty of a lawyer towards his client.

A Biloxi police officer found the appellant James Ferguson crouching in an alley next to a warehouse door. As the officer approached, Ferguson dropped some objects into the grass near the building. These turned out to be a screwdriver and a tire tool. Upon seeing this, and noticing that the tin covering on...

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