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BUTLER v. STATE

No. 58364.

544 So.2d 816 (1989)

William Curtis BUTLER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Travis Buckley, Ellisville, William E. Phillips, Laurel, for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

Recognizing that innovative alternatives to the traditional criminal sanction of imprisonment were needed, our legislature enacted the Restitution to Victims of Crime Act. Miss. Code Ann. § 99-37-1 et seq. Victim restitution in the criminal process is an issue in this appeal. William Curtis Butler, defendant below, was tried in the Circuit Court of Harrison County for the shooting death of Charles F. Lassabe. The jury found him...

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