NEWMAN v. STATE

No. 39404.

222 Miss. 660 (1955)

77 So.2d 282

NEWMAN v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 10, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arrington & Arrington, Hazlehurst; Cohn, Hobbs & Hobbs, Brookhaven; W.M. Broome, Crystal Springs, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson; Henley, Jones & Woodliff, Armstrong & Hoffman, Hazlehurst; E.C. Barlow, Brookhaven, for appellee.


ROBERDS, P.J.

Rupert Newman, appellant, was convicted of the murder of Cyrus Hood, and sentenced to the state penitentiary for life, the jury disagreeing as to the punishment. From that verdict and judgment, this appeal was taken.

Appellant raises many questions on the appeal, the main one of which being his contention that his request for a peremptory instruction should have been granted by the lower court. Since...

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