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EVERS v. STATE

No. 41960.

241 Miss. 560 (1961)

131 So.2d 653

EVERS v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 12, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack H. Young, Jackson; R. Jess Brown, Vicksburg; Robert L. Carter, New York City, for appellant.

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

ETHRIDGE, J.

The appellant, Medgar Evers, was convicted of constructive contempt of court, by publishing a statement criticizing a conviction of another for burglary, after the jury's verdict and sentence had been rendered. We hold the State's evidence wholly failed to show beyond a reasonable doubt that the publication had a reasonable and substantial tendency to corrupt or hinder the administration of justice in the courts...

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