Legal Opinion
Parker v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 21, 1962No. 42295PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLee, P. J.
The grand jury of Jackson County indicted Perry Parker, Donald Lowery and Benny Jack Williams, jointly, for the murder of Rufus Charles Braddock. Parker was granted a severance, and, upon his trial, he was found guilty as charged and was sentenced to suffer the death penalty in the manner provided by law. Prom the judgment entered thereon, he appealed to this Court.
The evidence for the State showed the circumstances and manner of this death as follows: Braddock was fifty-three years of age. He was married and had two children. He lived in the City of Laurel, where he had worked for Masonite…
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