LEE v. STATE

No. 49349.

338 So.2d 399 (1976)

John Junior LEE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris C. Phillips, Jr., A.R. Wright, Jr., Carthage, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Pete Cajoleas, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SUGG and WALKER, JJ.


WALKER, Justice.

John Junior Lee was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Leake County for the murder of Claude E. Smith. Lee was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. In his appeal, his only noteworthy assignments of error concern the admission of his own confession and the exclusion of the confession of his brother, Charles D. Lee.

Claude Smith and his wife, who operated a small Leake County grocery store owned by their son-in...

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