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JEFFERSON v. STATE

No. 2001-KA-00159-SCT.

818 So.2d 1099 (2002)

Fitzgerald JEFFERSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Sweatt, Columbia, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General, by Dewitt T. Allred, III, Jackson, attorney for appellee.

Before PITTMAN, C.J., EASLEY and GRAVES, JJ.

PITTMAN, C.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Fitzgerald Jefferson shot and killed Kentrell Brister after an argument over a game of cards. He was convicted of unpremeditated depraved-heart murder under § 97-3-19(1)(b) of the Mississippi Code by a jury in the Circuit Court of Marion County, Judge R.I. Prichard presiding. He was then sentenced to life imprisonment. He now appeals this conviction.

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¶ 2. Fitzgerald Jefferson and Johnny...

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