WILSON v. STATE

No. 46376.

248 So.2d 802 (1971)

Earnest Lee WILSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 31, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.N. Gore, Jr., Marks, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by John M. Kinard, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


INZER, Justice:

Appellant, Earnest Lee Wilson, an inmate of the State Penitentiary, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Quitman County for the crime of murder in the killing of a fellow inmate of the Penitentiary. The jury found him guilty as charged but failed to agree as to his punishment, and he was sentenced to serve a life sentence in the State Penitentiary. From this conviction and sentence he appeals.

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