Legal Opinion

Kilgore v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 12, 1945No. 35932Published

1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.

Appellant was convicted of murder and appeals from a judgment imposing a life sentence.

The plea interposed was self-defense. Upon the facts it is enough to state that the testimony for the state showed a deliberate and unjustifiable homicide, and that for the defendant disclosed self-defense. We have no basis for disturbing the verdict on this issue.

The assignments of error are numerous. We shall discuss those only which we deem of sufficient importance. The first assignment attacks the refusal of the trial court to grant a continuance. It is asserted that the case had been once continued on…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lamar v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Charles Weaver Co., Inc. v. PharesMississippi Supreme Court · 1938

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