Craft v. State

271 So.2d 735 (1973)

Johnny CRAFT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47022.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 2, 1973.

Roland C. Lewis, Chester A. Henley, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by John M. Kinard and Edwin Snyder, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice.

Johnny Craft was convicted of murder in the Circuit Court of Simpson County and sentenced to life imprisonment. He has appealed here from that conviction and sentence.

Craft's defense at the trial was self-defense. The substance of his version of the events that culminated in the homicide was as follows:

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