GORDON v. STATE

No. 42297.

243 Miss. 750 (1962)

140 So.2d 88

GEORGE A. GORDON, ALIAS GEORGE "DOC" SMITH v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 23, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas C. Stone, Shields Sims, Columbus, for appellant.

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


JONES, J.

Upon this record, to affirm this case would be a vain and futile thing. The Supreme Court of the United States has so said in no uncertain terms.

Defendant was convicted of rape and sentenced to death. He is a negro. The victim was white.

The only assignment of error presented to us is the overruling by the lower court of a motion to quash the indictment and the special panel because of an alleged...

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