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Clark v. State

Citations

  • 102 Miss. 768
  • 59 So. 887

Syllabus

<p>Ceimikae Law. Instructions. Trial of negro.</p> <p>Instructions in criminal cases which call attention to the color or race of the defendant should never be given, unless the state invokes a rule for the guidance of the jury which directs the attention of the jury to defendant’s color and then the trial court should sua sponte rebuke the state’s representative in the presence of the jury.</p>

Judges: Cook

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