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GOFF v. STATE

No. 98-KA-00723-COA.

778 So.2d 779 (2000)

Barron James GOFF a/k/a James Barron Goff, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 2000.

Certiorari Denied February 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene Melvin Coxwell, Jr., Jackson, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE KING, P.J., PAYNE, AND THOMAS, JJ.

THOMAS, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Barron James Goff was convicted of non-capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Circuit Court of Madison County on February 5, 1998. He appeals asserting the trial court erred in:

I. Refusing to give jury instructions on the defense's theories of manslaughter through culpable negligence, excusable homicide through either accident and misfortune or sudden combat and not guilty because of self-defense.

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