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LIMA v. STATE

No. 2008-KA-00714-SCT.

7 So.3d 903 (2009)

Pedro LIMA a/k/a Jesus Lima v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Walker, Attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by John R. Henry, attorney for appellee.

Before CARLSON, P.J., DICKINSON and PIERCE, JJ.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. In this capital-murder case, the defendant was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He appeals to this Court, asserting that the trial court erred by allowing a witness to testify as an expert, and by denying his motion for a new trial, or in the alternative, for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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