Edwards v. State

for the Court.

Leo E. Edwards was convicted of murder in the circuit court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County and his punishment fixed by the jury at life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. We affirm.

The only error assigned is the circuit judge excusing for cause five jurors who had conscientious scruples against the infliction of the death penalty.

When the panel was being questioned for cause by the state, they were asked:

First, do any of you have any conscientious scruples against the infliction of the death penalty when the law allows it and in proper cases where the…