WOODS v. STATE

No. 40308.

229 Miss. 563 (1956)

91 So.2d 273

WOODS v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 17, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.O. Clarke, Iuka, for appellant.

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


ETHRIDGE, J.

Appellant Jordan Woods was indicted for the murder of Clayton Murphy. The jury found him guilty of manslaughter. The judgment of the Circuit Court of Tishomingo County based thereon sentenced him to five years in the state penitentiary.

Woods contends that he was entitled to a peremptory instruction, for the reason that the evidence does not show that Murphy died of the gunshot wounds inflicted by defendant...

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