Collins v. State

Citations

• 99 Miss. 47
• 54 So. 665

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law. Impartial jury. Oondupt of judge.</p> <p>Every accused, irrespective of his guilt or condition in life, is entitled to be tried by an impartial jury.</p> <p>2. Same.</p> <p>.Where the presiding judge in the presence of the jury, before whom accused was to be tried by the charactér of the questions put to accused, brings her cause into contempt, accused is denied a trial before an impartial jury.</p> <p>3. Same.</p> <p>The trial judge must use the greatest care to avoid prejudicing the cause of the state or the defense by his language or conduct.</p> <p>4. Conduct on Judqe. Presumptions.</p> <p>The supreme court will not stop to inquire whether the jury was actually influenced by the improper conduct of the presiding judge; if his conduct might have prejudicially affected the jury, the conclusive presumption of the law is that it did so affect their verdict.</p>