Williams v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Washington county. Hon. H. H. Elmore, Judge. On suggestion of error, suggestion sustained and cause reversed and .remanded. For former opinion see 82' So. 318,-120 Miss. 604.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
A re-examination of the law of this case has convinced xne that I was in error when I voted to affirm the judgment of the trial court, sentencing appellant to death. It is now my opinion that the facts did not warrant a conviction of murder. Section 1237, Code of 1906, was designed to meet just such cases as is made by the record before us.
It follows that I concur in the opinion written by Judge Holden (82 So. 318). Nothing I could say would add anything to his thorough and able discussion of the law and facts.
The judgment of the- trial court will be reversed, and the cause remanded for a…
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