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FUNCHES v. STATE

No. 42456.

246 Miss. 214 (1963)

148 So.2d 710

FUNCHES v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 14, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prewitt & Bullard, Vicksburg, for appellant.

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

ETHRIDGE, J.

Appellant, Athen Lee Funches, was convicted of murder in the Circuit Court of Warren County, and was sentenced to a life term in the penitentiary. He admitted shooting his paramour with a pistol, but contended the killing was accidental.

(Hn 1) The evidence, although conflicting, sufficiently supports the jury's verdict. Funches and Alice Marie Lacey, deceased, both Negroes, were not married...

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