Sexton v. State

274 So.2d 658 (1973)

Marvin SEXTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47212.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 12, 1973.

Wilroy & Hagan, Richard J. Lee, Hernando, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by T.E. Childs, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

The appellant Marvin Sexton was indicted for the crime of murder by a grand jury of DeSoto County, Mississippi. He was tried and convicted by a jury of that county and sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. The appellant has appealed and now complains to this Court that he did not…