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HEWLETT v. STATE

No. 89-KA-1105.

607 So.2d 1097 (1992)

Howard Eugene HEWLETT v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 5, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew K. Howorth, Hickman Rayburn & Goza, David O. Bell, Oxford, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Deirdre McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the court:

On May 15, 1988, in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, a 1974 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Howard Eugene Hewlett crashed into the rear of a 1985 Buick LaSabre which was occupied by Jana L. Gunn, and her parents, Dewey A. and Linda B. Gunn. The Buick LaSabre almost instantly burst into flames and all the Gunns died of asphyxiation.

Hewlett was indicted on three counts for the willful, unlawful, and felonious slaying...

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