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583 So. 2d 206

Stewart v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 24, 1991

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1991-07-24

Relies on 574 So. 2d 1338 - Wilson v. State · 574 So. 2d 1342 - Pruett v. State

Decided 1991-07-24

¶1ON MOTION TO REMAND

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

¶2The appellant was tried and acquitted of a capital offense. The sole issue involved in this appeal is controlled by our decisions in Wilson v. State, 574 So.2d 1338 (Miss.1990) and Pruett v. State, 574 So.2d 1342 (Miss.1990), construing Mississippi Code Annotated, Section 99-15-17 (Supp.1990). Accordingly, we may expedite this matter. The judgment of the lower court is reversed and the case remanded to the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County for a hearing on the appropriate amount of expenses to be allowed the attorneys representing the defendant consistent with our opinions in Wilsonand Pruett.

¶3REVERSED AND REMANDED.

ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., HAWKINS and DAN M. LEE, P.JJ., and PRATHER, ROBERTSON, SULLIVAN, PITTMAN, and McRAE, JJ., concur.
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