DUKE v. STATE

No. 42146.

243 Miss. 602 (1962)

139 So.2d 370

DUKE v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 2, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard A. McDonnell, Biloxi, for appellant.

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


GILLESPIE, J.

David Richard Duke, appellant, was jointly indicted with Ethel Alyne Tipton for the murder of John Loncharte. Ethel Alyne Tipton entered a plea of guilty and testified against appellant, who was convicted and sentenced to serve a life term in the penitentiary.

The evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction.

The Channel Inn is located at the north end of the Gulfport Harbor, and Ethel Alyne Tipton was the bar maid. She slept in...

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