PORTER v. STATE

No. 49392.

339 So.2d 564 (1976)

Cleveland PORTER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dyer, Dyer & Dyer, Gaines S. Dyer, Greenville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Ben H. Walley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before INZER, SMITH and BROOM, JJ.


BROOM, Justice, for the Court.

Murder conviction and life imprisonment sentence resulted from trial of defendant (Cleveland Porter, appellant) in the Circuit Court, Second Judicial District of Bolivar County. We reverse.

Two propositions are presented on this appeal. Did the trial court commit reversible error in (1) admitting testimony of an extra-judicial identification of defendant after witness Reed had made a positive in-court identification of him, and...

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