Legal Opinion

Wetzel v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 6, 1954No. 39355Published

1Opinion of the Court

225 Miss. 450 (1954)

76 So.2d 188

WETZEL

v.

STATE

No. 39355.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 6, 1954.

Neill, Clark & Townsend, Indianola; Howard A. McDonnell, Biloxi, for appellant.

J.P. Coleman, Attorney General; Joe T. Patterson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, J.

Appellant William Alvin Wetzel was convicted in the Circuit Court of Sunflower County of the murder of Edgar G. (Sonny) McGraw, and was sentenced to death. On this appeal he argues four assignments of error: (1) The State's evidence was insufficient to establish appellant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, being…

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. United States v. LevitonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
  2. Leviton Et Al. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. Palakiko v. Harper, Warden of Oahu PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
  4. Fugate v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Wetzel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1954

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