Legal Opinion
Davenport v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 4, 1926No. 25789PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
* Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Criminal Law, 16CJ, p. 935, n. 68 New. The evidence is wholly insufficient to sustain the verdict of guilty; consequently the peremptory instruction asked by the appellant should have been granted.
The verdict of the court below will be reversed, and the appellant discharged.
Reversed.
2Cited by7 opinions
- State v. ThornhillMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
- Gandy v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- Aven v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
- Martin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
- Chapman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
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