JONES, Justice.
Appellant was convicted of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Circuit Court of Sunflower County. We affirm.
Appellant was a trusty at the State Penitentiary. On or about June 17, 1970, a prisoner, Danny C. Bennett, while working, complained of being sick. Thereupon, the appellant and another trusty attacked him. They beat him brutally with a lead-filled rubber hose and with an ax handle. The beating was so severe that Bennett...
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