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JACKSON v. STATE

No. 49178.

337 So.2d 1242 (1976)

Frank JACKSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 5, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lamar Conerly, Jr., C.A. Ray, Jr., Hazlehurst, for appellant.

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

Before GILLESPIE, SMITH and WALKER, JJ.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

Frank Jackson was tried, convicted and sentenced to death by the Circuit Court of Copiah County for the murder and attempted rape of Mrs. Georgia Mae Evans. In his appeal, Jackson has assigned several errors, involving the proof of corpus delicti, the lawfulness of his arrest, the admissibility of his confession, and the refusal of several requested instructions. We must also consider the constitutionality of Mississippi's capital punishment...

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