Hunter v. State

Citations

• 74 Miss. 515

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law. Mv/rder. Instruction.</p> <p>An instruction which authorizes a conviction o£ murder upon mere proof of the killing is erroneous. Kearney v. State, 68 Miss., 339, approved.</p> <p>3. Same. Confession. Coxurt and jury.</p> <p>The court determines the competency of a confession, and, when admitted, the jury cannot rightfully fail to consider it as evidence, though, if they disbelieve the witnesses who testify to the confession, they may attach no weight to the same.</p> <p>3. Same. Free and voluntary. Reasonable doubt.</p> <p>The court should not admit a confession if it entertains a reasonable doubt as to whether it was free and voluntary.</p>