BERRY v. STATE

No. 38028.

212 Miss. 164 (1951)

54 So.2d 222

BERRY v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division A.

October 1, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.D. Conn, Jr., Jas. A. Blount, and J.J. Breland, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


Holmes, C.

The appellant was charged by indictment in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Tallahatchie County with the murder of Robert Diver, and, on a change of venue to the First Judicial District of Panola County, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

The events leading up to the actual killing are undisputed.

The homicide occurred...

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