Tullos v. State

The appellant, Joseph Ray Tullos, was convicted in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County of the murder of James Franklin Powell. The jury disagreed as to his punishment, and he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of ninety-nine years. From this judgment he prosecutes an appeal.

The evidence in this case is without substantial dispute, and shows that the appellant was operating a dance hall and cafe known as the Big Chief Inn, located on Highway 84, eight miles west of the City of Laurel. Powell, the deceased, arrived at the appellant’s place of business…