Legal Opinion
House v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 15, 1919No. 21053PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from the circuit court of Pearl RiVer county. Hon. A. E. Weathersby, Judge. Diamond House ivas convicted of murder and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
*437This is an appeal from a conviction for murder, followed by a death sentence.
There is no merit in any of the assignments of error, only one of which will he here specifically noticed.
The appellant introduced no evidence, and it appears from a special bill of exceptions that a privately employed counsel, who was assisting the district attorney •in the prosecution, used the following language in his argument to the jury:
“There are no eyewitnesses in this case, but Diamond House is responsible for that. There are two people living now who know how this happened. One of them came and told you.”
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wells v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1910
3Cited by10 opinions
- Livingston v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
- Wexler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1932
- Lambert v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1946
- Baird v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1927
- Comings v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1932
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