Opinion ID: 1723308
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Heading: 1. hansen was sentenced to die by lethal gas, in violation of mississippi code 99-19-51(1)

Text: The circuit judge sentenced Hansen to death by lethal injection, however, by clerical error, the sentencing order recited death by lethal gas. The applicable law provides, in pertinent part: [T]he manner of inflicting the punishment of death shall be by continuous intravenous administration of a lethal quantity of an ultra short-acting barbiturate or other similar drug in combination with a chemical paralytic agent until death is pronounced by a licensed physician according to accepted standards of medical practice. Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-51(1) (Supp. 1993). Rule 6.01, Miss.Unif.Crim.R. of Cir.Ct. Prac., requires, in pertinent part: The sentence shall be pronounced in open court, . .., in the presence of the defendant ... and recorded in the minutes of the court. To correct this discrepancy, we remand the case to the Circuit Court of Harrison County for modification of the sentence to comply with Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-51(1) (Supp. 1993).