Hancock v. State

299 So.2d 188 (1974)

Wallace HANCOCK

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48007.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 19, 1974.

Howie, Montgomery & Montjoy, Overstreet & Kuykendall, Minor C. Sumners, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice:

Wallace Hancock was convicted in the Circuit Court of Hinds County of the murder of one Joseph Marks, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals.

Several questions are raised by appellant.

It is first argued that a statement given by him to an officer following his arrest was…