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MARTIN v. STATE

No. 38717.

217 Miss. 506 (1953)

64 So.2d 629

31 Adv. S. 28

MARTIN v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 11, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wingo & Finch, for appellant.

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

ARRINGTON, J.

The appellant, G.W. Martin, was convicted of the murder of Jessie Cooper and the jury being unable to agree upon the punishment, he was sentenced by the court to a life term in the penitentiary.

On Saturday afternoon, July 19, 1952, Leon Z. Middlebrook, Jr., and the deceased, Jessie Cooper, were travelling over Highway No. 11 in Jasper County when they noticed a peach orchard and stopped to get some...

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