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CARTER v. STATE

No. 39173.

221 Miss. 111 (1954)

72 So.2d 231

64 Adv. S. 9

CARTER v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 10, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Hoy Hathorn, Louisville, for appellant.

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

ROBERDS, P.J.

Carter was indicted for the murder of Alton Woods. The jury convicted him of manslaughter and recommended the mercy of the court. He was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary.

(Hn 1) He says the evidence does not support the verdict. It is, in substance, this: He had suspected that Woods was endeavoring to be intimate with his wife. He owned a twenty-two rifle. He took this...

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