Funches v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Simpson county. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge. Neal Funches was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
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Appeal from circuit court of Simpson county. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge. Neal Funches was convicted of murder, and he appeals. In view of the right of a defendant, to interrogate jurors, after a full panel has been tendered him by the state, for the purpose of exercising his right of peremptory challenge, has been questioned by the attorney-general and refused in this case by the lower court, we desire again to call the court’s attention to the law as heretofore announced by this court. In the case of Story v. State, 10 So. 47, the court announced this rule; “There is nothing prejudicial to a…
1Opinion of the CourtHoldex, J.
The appellant, Neal Funches, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The conviction rests wholly upon circumstantial evidence, which, we think, however, was sufficient to warrant the verdict of the jury. The appellant assigns numerous errors for reversal, buf we find merit only in two or three of the assignments, which we shall now discuss.
It is contended the court erred in refusing to allow counsel for appellant to further examine the jurors before exercising his peremptory challenges.
It appears that in impaneling the jury the court questioned the jurors on their voir…
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