TAYLOR v. STATE

No. 46445.

254 So.2d 728 (1971)

Sidney Edward TAYLOR v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Thomas, Jr., Raymond V. Kimble, Jr., S. Ira Pittman, Jr., Greenville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Timmie Hancock, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


BRADY, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to serve a term of life in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. From that verdict and sentence this appeal is taken.

On July 16, 1969, between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m., while playing in front of her family's store-home with several of her friends, Flora Jean Smith, a Negro girl, large for her age, was offered...

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