Burks v. State

Citations

• 101 Miss. 87
• 57 So. 367

Syllabus

<p>Homicide. Previous difficulty. Threats. Exclusion of evidence.</p> <p>In a prosecution for homicide where there was a conflict as to how the difficulty began it was error to exclude testimony offered by defendant to show the details of a difficulty between deceased and defendant shortly before the killing and the threats made by the deceased at that time and shortly afterwards against defendant.</p>