BELINA v. STATE

No. 40166.

228 Miss. 330 (1956)

87 So.2d 919

BELINA v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.J. White, Gulfport, for appellant.

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


HALL, J.

On December 29, 1955, appellant was convicted of the murder of Edward Handy and was sentenced to death. The facts disclosed by the testimony of three eye-witnesses and disputed only by the appellant are as follows: Handy owned a Mercury automobile and lived in Long Beach, Mississippi. He was employed to carry Carrie Woods and Ernest Johnson to Pass Christian. They both lived in the home of Ella Johnson in Long Beach...

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