Saucier v. State

The appellant Willie T. Saucier was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County, Mississippi, on a charge of armed robbery. He was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary. He has appealed to this Court from the judgment of the trial court and now contends that he was not given a fair trial in the Circuit Court because the verdict of the jury was contrary to the applicable law and evidence introduced before the jury. He also complains that he was not granted a continuance and was denied a special venire; and…