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MARTIN v. STATE

No. 2000-KA-01757-COA.

818 So.2d 380 (2002)

Pearlie MARTIN, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

June 4, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Burdine, Columbus, for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Deirdre McCrory, for appellee.

Before McMILLIN, C.J., LEE, and BRANTLEY, JJ.

McMILLIN, C.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of manslaughter returned against Pearlie Martin by a Noxubee County jury in the death of Dee Earl Rice.

¶ 2. Martin stabbed Rice in the chest with a kitchen knife, causing substantial bleeding and the ultimate death of Rice. The stabbing occurred during the course of an argument between the two. Martin claimed that Rice was physically assaulting her with his fists...

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