McLemore v. State

Appellant, Garland (Bud) McLemore, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, of the crime of offering a bribe to the district attorney, to influence his action in a suit pending in Stone County between the State and Julian B. Campbell. He was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary. The issues are concerned with the sufficiency of the indictment, of the evidence to support the verdict, the use of an intermediary in transmitting the offer of a bribe, and a defense of entrapment. We affirm the judgment of the circuit court. ■

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