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PILCHER v. STATE

No. 47664.

296 So.2d 682 (1974)

James PILCHER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Jess Brown, James E. Winfield, John C. Brittain, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Ben H. Walley, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Karen Gilfoy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ROBERTSON, Justice:

James Pilcher, an 18-year-old black male, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Carroll County of the murder of Mrs. Eugenia James, a 49-year-old white female. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged, and the court sentenced the defendant to death by lethal gas. Pilcher appeals from the verdict and sentence.

The facts are undisputed. About 5:30 P.M., February 12, 1971, in Carrollton, Mississippi, Pilcher caught...

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