Legal Opinion

Flegg v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 2, 1947No. 36527PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Eddie Flegg was jointly indicted with another for the armed robbery of Howard Bracey. Section 2367, Code 1942. A severance was granted appellant, who was thereupon convicted by a jury of the Circuit Court of Washington County, which, however, failed to fix the penalty. The presiding judge sentenced appellant to imprisonment for life in the State Penitentiary.

A third alleged participant in the robbery had died between its perpetration and the date of the trial.

It is not necessary for us to set out the facts of the case any further than…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Anderson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1934
  2. Wesley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Harris v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
  4. Calloway v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1929
  5. Harris v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1936

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Glover v. HargettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  2. McLeod v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2007

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