WADFORD v. STATE

No. 51816.

385 So.2d 951 (1980)

Tillman WADFORD v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Montgomery, Smith-Vaniz & Stater, C.R. Montgomery, Don McGraw, Burke C. Murphy, Jr., Canton, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, James W. Smith, Pearl, for appellee.

En Banc.


SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

Tillman Wadford was indicted for the murder of one Greg Coghlan. He was tried on that charge in the Circuit Court of Madison County, found guilty, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

On appeal, it is argued that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction. The assignments dealing with this question are without merit. Several eyewitnesses testified that Wadford drew a pistol from his back pocket, pointed...

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