HENDRIETH v. STATE

No. 45557.

230 So.2d 217 (1970)

George HENDRIETH alias George Taylor v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 12, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Stewart, Jr., Pat H. Watts, Jr., Pascagoula, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Justice:

The appellant, George Hendrieth, alias George Taylor, was found guilty of murder by a jury in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, and his punishment was fixed by the jury at life imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

The appellant contends that there were five errors committed by the lower court. We will discuss only three of the errors assigned. The appellant complains that the court erred in granting the following instruction...

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