State v. Barksdale

Stanley B. Montgomery and Charles B. McKinney, the appellants, and four co-defendants were tried jointly for the crimes of lynching in the first degree in the death of James Greggs and lynching in the second degree in the assault on Fred McAlister. The jury found all defendants innocent of second-degree lynching. Montgomery and McKinney were found guilty of first-degree lynching. Both were sentenced to a term of 35 years imprisonment. We affirm as to both appellants.

Both appellants argue the trial court erred in (1) not directing verdicts to the charge of lynching in the first degree, (2) its…