GALLION v. STATE

No. 52544.

396 So.2d 621 (1981)

John GALLION v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Percy S. Stanfield, Jr., Stanfield, Holderfield & Hall, Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen., by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and BROOM and HAWKINS, JJ.


HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant John Gallion appeals from the conviction of murder by the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County in the slaying of one Calvin Gray on February 24, 1980, wherein he was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

The weight and sufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict of guilty is not questioned.

The first assignment of error is the court's excusing for cause a black juror on...

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