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WATTS v. STATE

No. 96-DP-01030-SCT.

733 So.2d 214 (1999)

James Earnest WATTS a/k/a "Squirrel" v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Sweatt, Columbia, John Holdridge, Attorneys for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Leslie S. Lee, Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.

McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. James Earnest Watts was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death in the Circuit Court of Marion County on August 9, 1996, by a jury impaneled in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County. He now appeals to this Court, raising twenty assignments of error. Most of the issues he raises are procedurally barred or otherwise waived. We find that the circuit court failed to properly instruct the jury regarding the three sentencing...

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