Carson v. State

SUGG, Justice:

The appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Circuit Court of Sharkey County, Mississippi.

On appeal appellant argues two assignments of error combined into one, as follows :

That the Lower Court erred in denying the Defendant’s Motion for a Directed Verdict of not guilty and in refusing Defendants Instruction Number Fifteen.

The errors assigned require a review of the evidence. At about 12:30 a. m. on September 14, 1970 appellant killed Sidney Alexander at decedent’s home by shooting him with a pistol. Shortly after midnight appellant picked up…