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SCOTT v. STATE

No. 38317.

218 Miss. 892 (1952)

56 So.2d 839

SCOTT v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 11, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Percy Quinn, G.L. Martin, Colin L. Stockdale, Jackson, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Asst. Atty. General, Jackson, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, J.

Appellant, Earl Scott, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Leflore County of robbery with firearms under Code of 1942, Section 2367, and sentenced to fifteen years in the State penitentiary. See also Code Secs. 1995, 1996.

(Hn 1) The verdict and judgment are amply supported by the evidence. The question of appellant's guilt vel non was one for the jury, and the trial court properly denied a requested peremptory instruction and a...

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