Alexander v. State

Brady, Tom P., J.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Tate County, Mississippi by the appellant, who was convicted of the murder of one Ruby Jackson, another man, and was sentenced to serve a life term in the state penitentiary. The appellant employed counsel to represent him in the circuit court, and the court appointed the same counsel to represent him in this appeal, since appellant filed a pauper’s affidavit.

A careful study of the record reveals the following-facts: Appellant had been out all night drinking, and he was driving with his son on a road past where the deceased, Ruby…