POWELL v. STATE

No. 41498.

238 Miss. 283 (1960)

118 So.2d 304

POWELL v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 29, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Liston, Winona; Brad Dye, Jr., Grenada, for appellant.

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


GILLESPIE, J.

Indicted for the murder of his brother, Walter Powell, appellant was convicted of manslaughter. The sole question for decision is whether a statement made by deceased just before he died, which tended to exonerate appellant, was admissible as a dying declaration.

Appellant and deceased were staying at the home of their father, who was away from home at the time of the homicide. Deceased sustained a...

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