Opinion ID: 1688754
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Heading: the lower court erred in overruling appellant's motion to impanel a separate jury for the guilt and punishment phases of the trial.

Text: Mississippi Code Annotated § 99-19-101 (Supp. 1984) provides that the same jury impaneled in the guilt phase of a capital murder case should be used to determine sentence, unless there are unforeseeable circumstances or the trial court is either unable, or it is not possible, to reconvene the jury. The question has been determined and rejected in Jones v. State, 461 So.2d 686 (Miss. 1984), and Billiot v. State, 454 So.2d 445 (Miss. 1984). See also Smith v. Balkcom, 660 F.2d 573 (5th Cir.1981); and Jordan v. State, 464 So.2d 475 (Miss. 1985).