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EDLIN v. STATE

No. 57562.

523 So.2d 42 (1988)

John Wayne EDLIN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy M. Walker, Laurel, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

John Wayne Edlin was convicted of the murder of Paula Diane Sims and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Circuit Court of Jones County, Mississippi. Edlin appeals assigning seven alleged errors by the trial court.

I.

DID THE COURT ERR IN INSTRUCTING THE JURY THROUGH THE BAILIFF THAT THE COURT HAD SPENT TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS TRIAL AND FOR THE JURY TO CONTINUE TO DELIBERATE?

The jury retired at 3:30 p.m...

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