MUSSELWHITE v. STATE

No. 38051.

212 Miss. 526 (1951)

54 So.2d 911

MUSSELWHITE v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi, In Banc.

November 12, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon H. Broom and Henry E. Pope, for appellant.

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


Ethridge, C.

Appellant, Luther Musselwhite, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Marion County of the murder of Virgil Price on August 13, 1950, and was sentenced to death.

Appellant first argues that he was entitled to a peremptory instruction in the trial court, and to a new trial after the verdict had been rendered. We have examined carefully the entire...

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