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PERKINS v. STATE

No. 89-KA-0279.

600 So.2d 938 (1992)

Viola PERKINS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sim C. Dulaney, Jr., Port Gibson, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Patricia W. Sproat, Jean Smith Vaughan, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Viola Perkins is appealing a conviction of murder after trial by jury in the Claiborne County Circuit Court, Judge John E. Ellis, presiding. She was sentenced to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. We affirm.

FACTS

On Sunday morning, May 8, 1988, at approximately 9:00 or 9:30, police officer Jerry Caston responded to a disturbance at the residence of LeRoy Claiborne. Upon arrival...

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