MASSENGILL v. STATE

No. 38590.

216 Miss. 278 (1953)

62 So.2d 330

16 Adv. S. 40

MASSENGILL v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 19, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ely B. Mitchell, for appellant.

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


ETHRIDGE, J.

Appellant, A. Vivian Massengill, was convicted in January, 1952, in the Circuit Court of Alcorn County of the crime of murder of Leander Massengill, his brother, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. On this appeal he argues that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction, that the great weight of the evidence shows that he was insane at the time of the offense and of...

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