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MOODY v. STATE

No. 51201.

371 So.2d 408 (1979)

Minnie T. MOODY v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Thames Bailey, Jr., Lucedale, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and LEE and BOWLING, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Minnie T. Moody was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of George County, Honorable Darwin M. Maples, presiding, for the crime of arson and was sentenced to five (5) years in the Mississippi State Department of Corrections. We reverse the judgment of the lower court and discharge the appellant on the ground that the verdict was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.

On December 14, 1977, at approximately...

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