Legal Opinion

Frazier v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 5, 1926No. 25548PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.

The appellant was convicted of burglary, and appeals.

It is insisted, first, that the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction. The principal witness testifying* against appellant was Ed Byrd, his nephew, who was also indicted and plead guilty to the offense. Byrd testified that he burglarized the.house and took the jewelry, but that he did so at the instance and suggestion of his uncle, appellant here; that his uncle wtas the cause of his breaking into the house and taking; the jewelry; that his uncle showed him the house and instructed him how to enter it. In the preliminary trial,…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Pearson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. BalliroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
  3. State v. DodsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. Scott v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Lifer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1940

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