Nalls v. State

Citations

• 128 Miss. 277
• 90 So. 892

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law. Circumstantial evidence to warrant conviction must exclude every other reasonable hypothesis than that of guilt.</p> <p>A conviction may be had on circumstantial evidence alone when by it guilt is proved beyond a reasonable doubt; but before such evidence can be said to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt it must exclude every other reasonable hypothesis than that of guilt.</p> <p>2. Homicide. Evidence held not to sustain conviction.</p> <p>In this case, where one was convicted of murder upon circumstantial testimony, the facts are held insufficient to support such conviction.</p>