JORDAN v. STATE

No. 48535.

320 So.2d 376 (1975)

Roosevelt JORDAN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pigford, Hendricks & Fields, Meridian, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Vera Madel Speakes, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SMITH and BROOM, JJ.


BROOM, Justice.

Conviction of manslaughter and a ten year penitentiary sentence resulted from Jordan's trial on a murder indictment. Trial was in the Circuit Court of Clarke County. We affirm.

The controlling issue is whether or not a written confession given by Jordan, an illiterate man, was properly qualified as voluntary and admissible as ruled by the trial court.

Jordan was convicted of slaying Roxie...

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