CAPLER v. STATE

No. 45737.

237 So.2d 445 (1970)

Willie CAPLER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fountain D. Dawson, Campbell, DeLong, Keady & Robertson, James L. Robertson, Greenville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Velia Ann Mayer, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


SMITH, Justice.

Willie Capler was indicted for the murder of Idella Harris. Following a trial in the Circuit Court of Washington County, the jury returned an unqualified verdict of "guilty as charged." Accordingly, he was sentenced to suffer death in the manner prescribed by law. Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated section 2217 (1956). This appeal is from that conviction and sentence.

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