Welch v. State

Citations

• 114 Miss. 708
• 75 So. 548

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law. Conduct of trial. Argument.</p> <p>Where on the trial of a criminal case, the court limited the time for argument and the district attorney opened the argument and the counsel for the defendant simply read his instructions, it was bad practice to allow the district attorney to again speak and exceed his time limit, but the court will not reverse the case for this alone where the proof of defendant’s guilt is clear and convincing.</p>