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STATE v. THORNHILL

No. 43360.

251 Miss. 718 (1965)

171 So.2d 308

STATE v. DESOLEE THORNHILL

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 25, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Philip Singley, Roy J. Goss, Columbia, for appellee.

RODGERS, J.

The appellee, Desolee Thornhill, was tried on an indictment charging her with the murder of L.B. Polk, who was Sheriff of Marion County, Mississippi, at the time of the alleged assassination. After the State had introduced evidence and had rested its case, the defendant made a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal. This motion was at that time overruled. The defendant offered no testimony. The jury was unable to agree and it was discharged. The record...

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