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BLANKS v. STATE

No. 58318.

542 So.2d 222 (1989)

Boots C. (Buddy) BLANKS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 15, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel H. Wilkins, Jackson, for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Deirdre D. McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

If the desire to kill and the opportunity to kill came always together, who would escape hanging?

Mark Twain, Following the Equator.

I.

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