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STAMPER v. STATE

No. 1998-KA-01791-COA.

803 So.2d 1194 (2000)

Rodney STAMPER a/k/a Rodney Dewayne Stamper, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund J. Phillips Jr., Robert N. Brooks, Carthage, MS, Attorneys for Appellant.

Scott Stuart, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson, MS, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE McMILLIN, C.J., BRIDGES, AND PAYNE, JJ.

McMILLIN, C.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Rodney Stamper was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Ivan Creswell, whom he shot point blank in the face with a .22 caliber rifle after a brief and largely unexplained confrontation at a bridge frequented by fishermen. Stamper's defense was that he was insane at the time of the shooting because of an unanticipated psychological reaction brought on by drinking a beer after taking a prescription

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