GAMBRELL v. STATE

No. 41543.

238 Miss. 892 (1960)

120 So.2d 758

GAMBRELL v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 30, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earle L. Wingo, E.J. Currie, Sr. & Jr., Hattiesburg; Carey Bufkin, Hubert S. Lipscomb, Jackson, for appellant.

G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, J.

Thomas B. Gambrell, an attorney about 31 years of age, was indicted for the murder of Mississippi Highway Patrolman H.L. Duckworth, a kinsman and friend of appellant. The trial resulted in conviction and the death penalty.

Appellant was employed in the early part of 1959 as a field representative by John Gregg, campaign manager for Ross Barnett, candidate for Governor. He had been assigned to the Hattiesburg...

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