RIVERS v. STATE

No. 40583.

245 Miss. 329 (1957)

97 So.2d 236

RIVERS v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 7, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodrow Jones, Waynesboro; Wingo & Finch, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

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


HALL, J.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the Circuit Court of Wayne County and, the jury being unable to agree as to his punishment, he was sentenced to the penitentiary for life, from which he appeals.

No complaint is made as to the sufficiency of the evidence to warrant the conviction and we shall therefore not give any statement of the facts other than to say that the victim, Isaac Everett, was shot in the...

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