Singleton v. State

Citations

• 71 Miss. 782

Syllabus

<p>1. Murder. IAfe imprisonment on former conviction. Mo bar.</p> <p>It is no defense to an indictment for murder that when the crime was committed accused was undergoing sentence of imprisonment for life on a former conviction of murder.</p> <p>2. Same. Declarations. Unsigned letter. Evidence of motive.</p> <p>On a trial for murder committed by an inmate of the penitentiary, an unsigned letter, found at the place of killing a few minutes after the homicide, in- the handwriting of defendant, and addressed to the warden, expressing a determination to commit the crime, and showing a motive therefor, is admissible in evidence against the accused.</p> <p>3. Murder Trial. Insanity. Absence of evidence. Instructions refused.</p> <p>On a murder trial, where there is nothing suggesting a doubi of defendant’s soundness of mind, unless it be merely the enormity of the crime, it is proper to refuse instructions submitting to the jury questions as to his sanity.</p>