Legal Opinion
Myers v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 27, 1974No. 47913PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
296 So.2d 695 (1974)
Marvin MYERS, Jr.
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 47913.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 27, 1974.
Rehearing Denied July 15, 1974.
Robert J. Kelly, Oxford, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Pete J. Cajoleas, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
WALKER, Justice:
This is an appeal from a conviction of murder and a sentence to life in the penitentiary from the Circuit Court of Panola County. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
The appellant, Marvin Myers, Jr., and five others were indicted for the murder of Larry Cox, a deputy sheriff, during the November 1970 Term of…
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