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BURNS v. STATE

No. 40141.

228 Miss. 254 (1956)

87 So.2d 681

BURNS v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 28, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.W. Pierce, Jackson, for appellant.

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

ETHRIDGE, J.

Appellant Lawrence E. Burns was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County of the murder of John R. Murrett. On this appeal he does not contend that the verdict is against the great weight of the evidence or that he was entitled to a peremptory instruction. (Hn 1) The evidence was ample to support the conviction. The ten assignments of error are directed toward two instructions granted the State and eight...

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