BELL, Justice.
The appellant was tried in the Lowndes County Superior Court for the murder of Hellen Hanks and for the unlawful concealment of her death. On January 14, 1982, the jury found the appellant guilty of both offenses. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and to a consecutive twelve-month sentence for concealing the murder. He appeals.
On August 31, 1972, a Thursday, the victim, thirty-five year-old Hellen Hanks, disappeared. At that...
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