Williams v. State

354 So.2d 266 (1978)

Edgar M. WILLIAMS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50116.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 25, 1978.

J.W. Kellum, Sumner, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BROOM and BOWLING, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Murder conviction and life imprisonment sentence resulted from trial of Edgar M. Williams (defendant, appellant) in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Tallahatchie County. As grounds for a new trial, it is argued that the trial court committed reversible…