BASS v. STATE

No. 43641.

254 Miss. 723 (1966)

182 So.2d 591

BASS v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 7, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Jess Brown, Jackson; Melvin L. Wulf, William G. Kopit, Paul Chevigny, New York, N.Y., for appellant.

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


JONES, J.

This case comes from the Circuit Court of Warren County where the appellant was convicted of rape of a white woman. He was sentenced to death.

We are compelled to reverse the case.

The victim was a white lady 54 years of age who resided alone on Bazinsky Road in Vicksburg. She was employed in one of the stores in the city and on September 9, 1964, after work, returned to her home. The city dump...

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