Massengill v. State

Appellant, A. Vivian Massengill, was convicted in January, 1952, in the Circuit Court of Alcorn County of the crime of murder of Leander Massengill, his brother, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. On this appeal he argues that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction, that the great weight of the evidence shows that he’ was insane at the time of the offense and of the trial, that the trial court erred in excluding certain testimony, and that it erred in granting and in refusing certain instructions.

Leander Massengill was killed on April 18, 1951,…