Baggett v. State

M. C. Baggett was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of George County on a charge of murder in the killing of Ernest Lee Robinson, who is referred to in the record as “Smokie”, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. Prom that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

The shooting occurred on January 4, 1953, at the Fruitdale Lumber Company camp in the southern part of George County. The State’s testimony in chief consisted mainly of the testimony of Willie Mae Conley and Shelby Smith, who investigated the shooting after it occurred.

Willie Mae Conley…