Mattox v. State

Appellant, Jon Mattox, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County, Mississippi, of the murder of Mrs. Gene Cain Tate. This is the second appeal of this case. On the first Mattox’s conviction was re versed because of the erroneous admission of certain testimony. Mattox v. State, 240 Miss. 544, 128 So. 2d 368 (1961). On the second trial appellant was found guilty by the jury and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The principal issues pertain to sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction; the admission in evidence of testimony that accused attempted to procure the death of…