Wingo v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Panola County. Hon. A. T. Roane, Judge. Tbe case is stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Panola County. Hon. A. T. Roane, Judge. Tbe case is stated in the opinion of the court. In this ease counsel for defendant were limited to thirty minutes each in the argument. , This action of the court we would say was without precedent but for the extraordinary decision made by Hon. J. Tarbell in the case of Lee v. State, 51 Miss. 569. In that case the counsel for the State was limited to fifteen minutes and the counsel for defense to thirty minutes, or fifteen minutes each, two counsel being by statute allowed to speak in criminal cases, and this action of…
1Opinion of the CourtArnold, J.
Appellant was convicted of arson in the Circuit Court of Panola County and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The evidence in the case was circumstantial and conflicting. Twelve witnesses were examined at the trial, seven for the State and five for the appellant. Appellant was represented by two counsel. After the instructions to the jury were settled and before the argument commenced, the court limited the time for the argument of counsel to the jury to one hour on each side, to which .appellant excepted. This action of the court is assigned for error, and it is the…
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