FOSTER v. STATE

No. 39575.

222 Miss. 895 (1955)

77 So.2d 685

FOSTER v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William V. Murry, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

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


HOLMES, J.

The appellant was tried in the Circuit Court of Marion County on an indictment charging him with the murder of John Coleman. The jury found him guilty as charged and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment in the State penitentiary, and he was sentenced accordingly. He prosecutes this appeal from the judgment of conviction, contending (1) that the trial court erred in denying his request for a peremptory instruction...

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