HOOD v. STATE

No. 57463.

523 So.2d 302 (1988)

Ed HOOD, Edwin Earl Hood, Frank Hood, Ricky Smith and Arnold Carraway v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Patten, Jr., John T. Armstrong, Armstrong, Hoffman & Patten, James W. Henley, H. Brand Henley, Jr., Henley, Lotterhos & Henley, Hazlehurst, for appellants.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.


GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

The appellant, Ed Hood, a long-time supervisor in Copiah County, and the other appellants, were convicted of conspiracy to commit voter fraud through the illegal use of absentee ballots. We have thoroughly examined the record and studied the appellants' nine assignments of error, and find only two worthy of consideration, the use of outside influences on the grand jury. This assignment is meritorious, and requires reversal; also considered...

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