Klyce v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
FROM the circuit court of Alcorn county. IioN. EugeNe O. Sykes, Judge. The appellant, Klyce, was indicted for the murder of one Elmer McAfee. On his first trial he was convicted of manslaughter and appealed to the supreme court. This conviction was reversed and a new trial granted by the supreme court.
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FROM the circuit court of Alcorn county. IioN. EugeNe O. Sykes, Judge. The appellant, Klyce, was indicted for the murder of one Elmer McAfee. On his first trial he was convicted of manslaughter and appealed to the supreme court. This conviction was reversed and a new trial granted by the supreme court. Klyce v. State, 78 Miss.', 450. The case having been remanded to the court below, a second trial was had, resulting again in appellant’s conviction of manslaughter, from which this appeal was prosecuted to the supreme court. In the course of impaneling the jury on the second trial a full panel…
1Opinion of the Court
OalhooN, J.,
delivered, tbe opinion, of tbe court.
Was Mr. Neper properly adjudged competent as a juror ? • On his voir dire be said be bad beard state witnesses give their ver- < sion of tbe facts of tbe homicide in conversations outside of the court-roomj that be believed what they said, and that from their statements be bad formed and expressed an opinion. On examination by tbe court be said that, notwithstanding be bad formed and expressed an opinion, it would readily yield to evidence, and that be bad no bias or prejudice for or ag’ainst tbe defendant or tbe state. lie was then asked by…
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