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SANDERS v. STATE

No. 2004-KA-00625-SCT.

9 So.3d 1132 (2009)

Keith Duran SANDERS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 28, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund J. Phillips, Jr., attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

PIERCE, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Keith Duran Sanders was convicted of murder in the shooting death of Darryl Baxstrum and sentenced to life imprisonment. After due consideration, we find that Sanders was entitled to a competency hearing and reverse the conviction and sentence and remand for a new trial in accordance with this opinion.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

¶ 2. On August 5, 2001, Sanders suffered a gunshot wound to the head. As a result...

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