Gibson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. E. W. Williamson, Judge. Literally, a full panel was presented to the prisoner at the outset. The question is whether, under §1423, code 1892, it was proper to permit a separate presentation of jurors to fill the panel. I submit the question to the bourt. Argued orally by Frank Johnston, attorney-general.
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
The appellant has been convicted of the crime of murder, and sentenced to capital punishment.
He is not represented in this court by counsel, but, in cases of this character, it is our custom to scrutinize the record and affirm or reverse according as it shall appear that the *555conviction was properly or improperly had, and without reference to whether error has or has not been assigned under our rules.
It appears from the record that in impaneling the jury by which appellant was tried, a panel was completed and accepted by the state, and then tendered to the defendant, who peremptorily…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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