TERRY v. STATE

No. 49829.

348 So.2d 774 (1977)

Jim Pat TERRY v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon E. Provine, Grenada, Hugh L. Bailey, Winona, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by John C. Ellis, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before INZER, ROBERTSON and WALKER, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

Jim Pat Terry was jointly indicted, along with G.D. Thompson and Morris Talbert, in the Circuit Court of Grenada County, Mississippi, for the murder of E.W. Gant. In a separate trial, the jury found Defendant Terry guilty as charged, and the court sentenced him to life imprisonment.

There were seven assignments of error, five of which can be disposed of with the statement that this was a classic jury question on disputed...

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