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Hill v. State

Citations

  • 112 Miss. 260
  • 72 So. 1003

Syllabus

<p>Ceiminal Law. Appeal. Error. Examination of juror. Race prejudice.</p> <p>Where on a trial of a negro.for murder, a juror was asked on his voir dire, whether he had any prejudice against the negro as a negro that would induce him to return a verdict on less or slighter evidence than he would return a verdict of guilty r against a white man under the same circumstances, it was reversible error not to allow the juror to answer.</p>

Judges: Pottee

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