Collins v. State

202 So.2d 644 (1967)

Walter COLLINS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 44421.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 25, 1967.

Suggestion of Error Overruled October 16, 1967.

Dyer & Dyer, on appeal only, Greenville, Townsend, Welch & Terney, Drew, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

INZER, Justice.

Appellant, Walter Collins, was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of murder in the Circuit Court of Sunflower County. The jury fixed his punishment at life in the state penitentiary. A judgment was entered in accordance with the…