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SANDERS v. STATE

No. 2003-KA-01295-SCT.

942 So.2d 156 (2006)

Torri L. SANDERS and Sherry Sue Johnson v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 9, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Sneed Laher, Corinth, Louis Julian Holliday, Jr., attorneys for appellants.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Daniel Hinchcliff, attorney for appellee.

Before SMITH, C.J., GRAVES and DICKINSON, JJ.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This is a depraved heart murder case brought against two shoplifters who were involved in a fatal car crash at the end of a highspeed chase. The question presented is whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to sever the case to allow separate trials for the two defendants.

BACKGROUND FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

¶ 2. On the morning of February 21, 2002, Sherry Sue Johnson went to Torri...

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