Legal Opinion

Farr v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 11, 1946No. 35930PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

James Edward Farr, the appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Pontotoc County of the murder of Henry Jackson, and sentenced to life imprisonment. On this appeal he assigns as errors the refusal of the Circuit Court to transfer this case to the juvenile court under Sec. 7204, Code 1942; and the overruling of appellant’s motion to suspend the judgment, and denying his release on good behavior, or subject to other orders of the court for his best interests; and not granting a hearing of evidence on the motion to determine…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Parker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Grant v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1935
  4. May v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1906

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Swanier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Wheeler v. ShoemakeMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Lewis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1946
  4. Wheeler v. ShoemakeMississippi Supreme Court · 1952

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