KEMP v. STATE

No. 50093.

352 So.2d 446 (1977)

Royce Maynard KEMP v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Downs, Coleman & Ross, Wendell H. Trapp, Jr., David L. Coleman, Corinth, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Scherry J. LeSieur, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before INZER, WALKER and BROOM, JJ.


BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Murder conviction and life sentence resulted from trial of Kemp (appellant) in the Circuit Court of Alcorn County. We affirm.

Rarely, if ever, are courts presented a case in which the accused is charged with the murder of his own mother, but this is such a case. The facts show that on February 18, 1976, appellant (using a pistol) shot and killed his mother, Flossie Beatrice Kemp. Appellant was at his parents' home in Corinth...

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