Taylor v. State

BRADY, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to serve a term of life in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. From that verdict and sentence this appeal is taken.

On July 16, 1969, between 5:00 and 5:30 p. m., while playing in front of her family’s store-home with several of her friends, Flora Jean Smith, a Negro girl, large for her age, was offered a job of babysitting by a white male who drove up and stopped in front of the store. Flora Jean Smith did not return and her body was…