McCaskill v. State

227 So.2d 847 (1969)

Luther W. McCASKILL

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 45492.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 3, 1969.

Semmes Luckett, Leon L. Porter, Jr., Clarksdale, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

INZER, Justice:

This is an appeal by Luther W. McCaskill, a medical doctor, who was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Coahoma County for the crime of murder under the provisions of Section 2223, Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated (Supp. 1966). He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. We…