JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 39412.

223 Miss. 167 (1955)

77 So.2d 824

JOHNSON v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wingo & Finch, Hattiesburg; H.C. Moynihan, Laurel, for appellant.

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


GILLESPIE, J.

Appellant was convicted of murder and the death penalty was imposed.

Our disposition of the case obviates a detailed statement of the facts. On the evening of February 13, 1954, Ard D. Rushton and a young lady companion were sitting in a parked truck on a side road near the City of Laurel. Appellant, with the obvious intention to commit robbery, approached the truck and fired two 22-rifle shots ahead...

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