Legal Opinion

Goss v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 14, 1949PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.

Appellant was indicted for the crime of robbery and upon such indictment was convicted as an accessory and sentenced to a term of fifteen years in the penitentiary. From that conviction he has appealed to this Court.

Appellant contends that he was entitled to a directed verdict. We have very carefully read the entire record, and, in our opinion, the evidence was unquestion ably sufficient to go to the jury and to sustain the conviction. It shows, without dispute, that the appellant was employed as a “protector” by the operators of a gambling house about three miles North of the City of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Fuller v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Blau v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Wood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Montgomery v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Clarke v. PierceMississippi Supreme Court · 1903

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Hoops v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Agresti v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
  3. Pleasant v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Master v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
  5. State v. LabellaMississippi Supreme Court · 1970

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