GRAHAM v. STATE

No. 43193.

250 Miss. 816 (1964)

168 So.2d 496

GRAHAM v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 2, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence D. Arrington, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

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


GILLESPIE, J.

The principal question for our decision in this case is: Is a wife a competent witness before the grand jury investigating a charge that the husband had incestuous relations with their minor daughter? We hold the wife is a competent witness against her husband when he is charged with incest with his and his wife's minor daughter.

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of having incestuous relations with his minor daughter. The evidence was...

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