Wood v. State

Appellant was indicted for, and convicted of, the murder of Robert A. Lipscomb, and sentenced to be electrocuted. Only two of the several errors assigned on this appeal are sufficiently serious and doubtful to require dis- cnssion in an opinion. They involve the admissibility of three confessions, and the granting of one instruction.

Appellant made two confessions in Hattiesburg and one later in Jackson. They were admitted in evidence over the objection of Wood. He says they were not shown to be free and voluntary. Two of the confessions were in the form of questions and answers, taken down…