Legal Opinion

Hanna v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 11, 1933No. 30817PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.

Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted in the circuit court of Madison county of the crime of grand larceny, the theft of eighteen bales of cotton, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of four years. From that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

There was no conflict whatever in the evidence as to the facts of the case. The only issue was what the undisputed facts meant, whether the facts and the reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom showed appellant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty. We think the jury was fully justified in answering that…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Watson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Akroyd v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Baird v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1927
  4. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1915
  5. House v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1919

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Lee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Lambert v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Well Bros., Inc. v. KeenanMississippi Supreme Court · 1938
  5. Dukes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1938

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