Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1915PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the circuit court of Claiborne county. Hon. E. L. Brien, Judge. S. L. Johnson was convicted of murder and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.

Appellant was convicted of the crime of murder, and the trial court, responding to the verdict of the jury, imposed the death sentence.

On this appeal counsel for appellant insist that the court below erred in several particulars during the trial of appellant. We have given consideration to each and all of the alleged errors, and all, in our opinion, are without merit. We will, however, say a few words about one of the assignments of error.

One of the attorneys representing the state, in his argument to the jury, remarked that “the testimony for the state was uneontradicted. ” It is contended…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Prince v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1908

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. De La Beckwith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Conway v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Lambert v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1946
  4. Baird v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1927
  5. Hanna v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1933

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