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JONES v. STATE

No. 49961.

346 So.2d 376 (1977)

David JONES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 25, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blackmon, Smith & Nichols, George C. Nichols, Canton, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, P.J., and ROBERTSON and WALKER, JJ.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

On March 16, 1976, David Jones was tried in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Mississippi, and found guilty of murder. The court sentenced Jones to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. That conviction was not appealed to this Court.

On June 28, 1976, Jones filed his petition for a writ of error coram nobis in the Circuit Court of Madison County, alleging that his attorney's actions had effectively deprived him of...

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