GILMER v. STATE

No. 46998.

271 So.2d 738 (1973)

J.C. GILMER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Townsend & McWilliams, Drew, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by J.B. Garretty, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

This is a companion case to McLaurin v. State, 260 So.2d 845 (Miss. 1972). Appellant and McLaurin were indicted by a grand jury of the Circuit Court of Sunflower County for the murder of Danny Calhoun Bennett. McLaurin was tried, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary, and his conviction was affirmed by this Court in McLaurin v. State, supra.

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