HARRIS v. STATE

No. 37456.

209 Miss. 102 (1950)

46 So.2d 75

HARRIS v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi, In Banc.

May 8, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B.D. Wade, and Jackson, Young, Daniel & Mitchell for appellant.

R.O. Arrington, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


Smith, J.

Following his indictment on a charge of having murdered his wife, appellant was convicted and sentenced to be electrocuted.

One position taken by appellant in his brief is that he is guilty of no greater crime than manslaughter. In the trial he seems to have contended that the killing was accidental while he was defending himself against an attack by an uncle of his deceased wife. It is argued...

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