BROOM, Justice:
Armed robbery was the crime charged against appellant, Ratcliff, by indictment of a Forrest County, Mississippi grand jury. Trial resulted in conviction and a sentence of fifty years in the state penitentiary. We reverse.
Hearsay of an incriminating nature was presented to the jury as part of the state's case, and whether this amounted to reversible error is the chief issue.
After dark, on January 15, 1974, William T. McWilliams turned...
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