Legal Opinion
Jackson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 5, 1976No. 49178PublishedCited by 242 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
337 So.2d 1242 (1976)
Frank JACKSON
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 49178.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
October 5, 1976.
Lamar Conerly, Jr., C.A. Ray, Jr., Hazlehurst, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Vera Madel Speakes, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before GILLESPIE, SMITH and WALKER, JJ.
WALKER, Justice, for the Court:
Frank Jackson was tried, convicted and sentenced to death by the Circuit Court of Copiah County for the murder and attempted rape of Mrs. Georgia Mae Evans. In his appeal, Jackson has assigned several errors, involving the proof of corpus delicti, the lawfulness of…
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