Mississippi Supreme Court· 10/15/1911

Rutherford v. State

Citations

100 Miss. 832
57 So. 224

Syllabus

<p>■ 'Criminal Law. Murder.. Gode 1906, section 1227. Instruction.</p> <p>An instruction purporting to define murder under section 1227, Code 1906, which omits the qualifying words “without authority of law” is fatally erroneous.</p>

Judges: Smith

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Dixon v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court· 1914-03-15· cited 6×
May v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court· 1917-10-15· cited 2×
Ervin v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court· 1920-03-15

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