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HAWKINS v. STATE

No. 40109.

228 Miss. 209 (1956)

87 So.2d 485

HAWKINS v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 21, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.S. Tullos, O.O. Weathersby, Raleigh, for appellant.

J.R. Griffin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

KYLE, J.

The appellant, Ross Hawkins, was tried and convicted at the regular October 1955 term of the Circuit Court of Smith County, on a charge of murder in the killing of his wife, Mrs. Jessie Hawkins, and was sentenced by the court to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for the term of his natural life. From that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

This is the second time this case has been before us on appeal. See 224 Miss. 309

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