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

  1. State v. ThornhillMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Gandy v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Aven v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
  4. Martin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Chapman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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