Nelson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Lauderdale county. IT ON. J. D. Fatheree, Judge. A. A. Nelson was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, and be appeals. The second error complained of is the conduct of the trial judge. In the case of Green v. State, 58 So. 415, 97 Miss. 834, our court held it to be a matter of common knowledge that jurors as well as officers of the court are yery susceptible to the influence of the judge.
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Appeal from circuit court, Lauderdale county. IT ON. J. D. Fatheree, Judge. A. A. Nelson was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, and be appeals. The second error complained of is the conduct of the trial judge. In the case of Green v. State, 58 So. 415, 97 Miss. 834, our court held it to be a matter of common knowledge that jurors as well as officers of the court are yery susceptible to the influence of the judge. This court will very probably take judicial notice that much prejudice exists among the laity against the defense of insanity to a charge of murder. This being…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
Appellant, A. A. Nelson, was indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Lauderdale county of murdering his father-in-law, Ed Henson, the jury fixing his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, which was accordingly imposed by the court, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.
About 7 o’clock on the evening of March 4, 1921, the deceased, Henson, while sitting in his room near one of ihe windows therein, was shot to death by means of a shot-*301in the hands of some person standing on the outside near the window. lie died instantly, and therefore made no dying statement.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Green v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1910
- Collins v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1910
- Leverett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
- Godwin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1896
- Montgomery v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
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