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WHITE v. STATE

No. 58314.

542 So.2d 250 (1989)

Roosevelt WHITE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence R. Scales, Scales & Scales, Percy Stanfield, Jr., Stanfield, Carmody & Coxwell, Jackson, for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Roosevelt White appeals to this Court following his conviction in the 1st Judicial District of Hinds County of the murder of Ida Lee Schwartz and sentence to life imprisonment. He argues the verdict of the jury was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence on the issue of insanity at the time of the offense, and that he was denied a fair trial due to the admission of inflammatory and prejudicial evidence. Finding no...

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