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May v. State

Citations

  • 89 Miss. 291
  • 42 So. 164

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law and Procedure. Murcler. Manslaughter. Instruction touching lesser crime.</p> <p>Where on the facts of a homicide a conviction of manslaughter would have been warranted a verdict convicting of murder will be set aside if the jury were wholly uninstructed touching the right to convict of the lesser crime.</p>

Judges: Whitfield

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