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BURGE v. STATE

No. 47234.

282 So.2d 223 (1973)

Charles BURGE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Bridges, Belzoni, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by T.E. Childs, Jr., Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

PATTERSON, Justice, for the Court:

Charles Burge and George Burge, his father, were indicted in Humphreys County for the March 12, 1972, murder of James Gilmer. The causes were consolidated on the motions to suppress, but a severance was granted for trial and Charles Burge was convicted and sentenced to life in the state penitentiary.

On March 21, 1972, Herbert McRaney, while driving on Townsend Lake Road in Humphreys County, observed a body lying in Alligator...

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