KITCHENS v. STATE

No. 42109.

243 Miss. 194 (1962)

137 So.2d 919

KITCHENS AND PEARSON v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurel G. Weir, Philadelphia, for appellant.

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


JONES, J.

The appellants were indicted, tried, convicted of burglary, and sentenced to seven years each in the State penitentiary in and by the Circuit Court of Jasper County, Mississippi. On appeal they alleged that the evidence was insufficient, particularly in view of the fact that the chief witness for the State was an accomplice.

(Hn 1) It is true that the main prosecuting witness was an accomplice...

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