HECKLAR v. STATE

No. 56646.

503 So.2d 269 (1987)

Kathy HECKLAR v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merrida P. Coxwell, Jr., Stanfield, Carmody & Coxwell, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Deirdre D. McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and SULLIVAN, JJ.


WALKER, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Kathy Hecklar was convicted, in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, of uttering a forgery. She was sentenced to serve a term of ten (10) years, with five (5) years suspended, and to make restitution of $400.00 to the Highland Village Merchants' Association. She appeals, assigning as error, inter alia, the trial court's refusal to allow Marie Hill to testify as a handwriting expert. Because the trial court erred in excluding...

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