RUFFIN v. STATE

No. 39957.

227 Miss. 204 (1956)

85 So.2d 821

RUFFIN v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lampkin Butts, Laurel, for appellant.

John H. Price, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ARRINGTON, J.

The appellant, Tom Ruffin, was indicted, tried and convicted of the murder of Maudie Lee Crosby, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the State penitentiary, from which judgment he appeals.

The record in this case shows that the appellant and the deceased, his paramour, were living together as husband and wife; that on February 5, 1955, the appellant told the deceased to stay at home; the deceased...

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