POLK v. STATE

No. 53316.

417 So.2d 930 (1982)

Fred POLK v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Kelley, Wayne S. Burnett, Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, BROOM and ROY NOBLE LEE, JJ.


BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Murder is the offense for which appellant Fred Polk (defendant) was convicted at trial in the Circuit Court of Rankin County, the Honorable Alfred G. Nicols, Jr., circuit judge, presiding. The indictment charged that Polk murdered Constable Jerry L. McCrory at a time when the constable was engaged in the duties of his office. Mississippi Code Annotated § 97-3-19(2)(a) (Supp. 1981). Verdict of the jury was that the defendant was...

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