TATE v. STATE

No. 48469.

317 So.2d 23 (1975)

Betty Lou TATE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson & Walker, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, SMITH and WALKER, JJ.


GILLESPIE, Chief Justice.

Betty Lou Tate was tried in the Circuit Court of Hinds County and convicted of murdering Louis C. Bass. The State's version of the facts, amply established by the testimony, is as follows.

The defendant was living with Louis C. Bass, by whom she had two children. She went to Stein's Grill and sat down at a table with one of her friends. Shortly thereafter Ruby McClendon came in and sat down at a table and a few minutes later, Louis...

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