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BURTON v. STATE

No. 2007-KA-00212-COA.

999 So.2d 379 (2008)

Edsel BURTON a/k/a Edsel Carl Burton a/k/a Burt, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 2008.

Certiorari Denied January 22, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie S. Lee, Jackson, Lori Nail Basham, Benjamin Allen Suber, attorneys for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Laura Hogan Tedder, attorney for Appellee.

Before LEE, P.J., BARNES and ISHEE, JJ.

ISHEE, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Edsel Carl Burton was convicted of the murder of his wife, Jewel Burton (Jewel), and sentenced to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Burton appeals, asserting that the trial court denied him a fundamental right by not instructing the jury on heat-of-passion manslaughter. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. On April 26, 2005, Jewel...

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