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McGruder v. State

Supreme Court of Mississippi
Sep 5, 1984
454 So. 2d 1312 (Miss. 1984)

Opinion

No. 55060.

September 5, 1984.

Brenda A. Freeman, Biloxi, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.


Appellant was convicted of burglary in violation of Mississippi Code Annotated § 97-17-33 (1972), and as a violent habitual criminal under Mississippi Code Annotated § 99-19-83 (Supp. 1983), by the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi, Judge J. Ruble Griffin presiding. On April 21, 1983, appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

Appellant's sole ground on this appeal is that the trial court erroneously refused to grant his motion for mistrial based on the prosecutor's conduct which allegedly violated his constitutional rights.

This is a companion case to McGruder v. State, 454 So.2d 1310, and is controlled by this Court's decision rendered in that case on this date.

Therefore, we affirm.

AFFIRMED.

WALKER and ROY NOBLE LEE, P.JJ., and BOWLING, HAWKINS, DAN M. LEE, PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ., concur.

PATTERSON, C.J., not participating.


Summaries of

McGruder v. State

Supreme Court of Mississippi
Sep 5, 1984
454 So. 2d 1312 (Miss. 1984)
Case details for

McGruder v. State

Case Details

Full title:Robert McGRUDER v. STATE of Mississippi

Court:Supreme Court of Mississippi

Date published: Sep 5, 1984

Citations

454 So. 2d 1312 (Miss. 1984)

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