MANSFIELD v. STATE

No. 45705.

231 So.2d 774 (1970)

William Albert MANSFIELD v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy C. Faggard, Lloyd Y. Sexton, Albert S. Johnston, III, Pascagoula, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Samuel H. Wilkins, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

William Albert Mansfield, appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County of the offense of receiving stolen goods.

This case is controlled by the companion case of Madere v. State, 227 So.2d 278 (Miss. 1969), in which the Court held under similar facts that it was reversible error for the State to obtain an instruction that if the evidence...

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