JOSEPH v. STATE

No. 45238.

218 So.2d 734 (1969)

Sidney JOSEPH v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin L. Mitchell, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Laurence Y. Mellen, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice.

Sidney Joseph, appellant, was tried in the Circuit Court of Jackson County and found guilty of murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

The jury was justified in finding the facts as follows: The deceased, (Reginald "Red" Harris), Nathan Brown, and appellant were sitting at a table in the main room of the Silver Dollar Cafe on the night of March 23, 1968. After a brief argument, appellant slapped the deceased...

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