HARRISON v. STATE

No. 47501.

285 So.2d 889 (1973)

W.F. HARRISON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel P. Self, Jr., Robert W. Bailey, Meridian, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Pete J. Cajoleas, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

Indicted for the murder of Walter McMullan, defendant was tried in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. The sole question is whether defendant's confession was voluntary.

After defendant was arrested in Alabama and removed to Meridian in Lauderdale County, a deputy sheriff read the Miranda warning to him from a written statement which defendant signed. He later signed at approximately...

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