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TAYLOR v. STATE

No. 41567.

239 Miss. 365 (1960)

123 So.2d 236

TAYLOR v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 26, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank F. Mize, Osborn G. Idon, Forest, for appellant.

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

GILLESPIE, J.

Appellant was charged with murder and convicted of manslaughter.

(Hn 1) It is an established rule of law in this State that where the defendant or the defendant's witnesses are the only eye witnesses to the homicide, their version, if reasonable, must be accepted as true, unless substantially contradicted in material particulars by a credible witness for the State, or by the physical facts or the facts of common knowledge. Houston...

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