BREAKFIELD v. STATE

No. 47268.

275 So.2d 860 (1973)

J.O. BREAKFIELD v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Singley & Morgan, James R. Davis, Ken Conner, Columbia, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

The defendant was tried in the Circuit Court of Marion County for the murder of his wife. Upon conviction, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. Although the testimony was conflicting, there was sufficient evidence to sustain a finding of the following facts.

On the afternoon of September 19, 1971, Breakfield and his wife were visiting in the house trailer of Mrs. Pearl Batte on Highway 35, five miles north...

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