Holt v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Itawamba county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Holt, the appellant, was convicted of murder. After the conviction he applied to the circuit judge for a writ of error coram nobis, the facts in respect to which are stated in the opinion of the court delivered by Judge Calhoon. The*writ being denied, appellant presented two appeals to the supreme court, one from the denial of said writ of error and the other from the conviction of murder.
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From the circuit court of Itawamba county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Holt, the appellant, was convicted of murder. After the conviction he applied to the circuit judge for a writ of error coram nobis, the facts in respect to which are stated in the opinion of the court delivered by Judge Calhoon. The*writ being denied, appellant presented two appeals to the supreme court, one from the denial of said writ of error and the other from the conviction of murder. The facts on the last named appeal are stated in the opinion of the court delivered by Judge Terral. The writ of error coram nobis is…
1Opinion of the Court 1
ON WRIT OF ERROR CORAM NOBIS.
2Opinion of the Court · CalhoonCalhoon, J.
Holt was convicted of murder and the death penalty had been pronounced. After the court had adjourned he presented to the circuit judge, in vacation, his petition for a writ of error coram nobis, asking that the verdict and judgment be vacated, because:
1. One of the jurors was not a citizen nor qualified elector of the county of the trial.
2. “Because it was communicated to the jury which tried your petitioner, while said trial was in progress, either by the officers in charge of said jury, or some outsider, that your petitioner had killed two men and shot another,…
Also in this document: Opinion of the Court · Terral.
3Cases cited1 opinion
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