PEARSON v. STATE

No. 42825.

248 Miss. 353 (1963)

158 So.2d 710

PEARSON v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 20, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Kellner, Greenville; William Liston, Winona, for appellant.

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


McGEHEE, C.J.

The appellant, John L. Pearson, was indicted in Montgomery County at the October 1962 Term of the Circuit Court for the theft of cattle. The case was then tried but the jury was unable to agree and the court entered a "mistrial." On motion of defendant for a change of venue, the case was transferred to Grenada County and was again tried. On the second trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and defendant...

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