Chase v. State
| Decision Date | 09 May 1927 |
| Docket Number | 25989 |
| Citation | 147 Miss. 694,112 So. 785 |
| Court | Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Parties | CHASE v. STATE. [*] |
Suggestion of Error Overruled June 6, 1927.
APPEAL from circuit court of Prentiss county HON. C. P. LONG, Judge.
Charlie Chase appeals. Affirmed.
Affirmed.
E. C. Sharp, for appellant.
J. A. Lauderdale, Assistant Attorney-General, for the state.
The credibility of, and the weight to be given to, the dying declaration were for the jury, and the evidence warrants the verdict.
The other assignments of error, not being argued, are waived.
Affirmed.
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Notes:
[*]Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Criminal Law, 17CJ, p. 212, n. 18; Homicide, 30CJ, p. 270, n. 84; p. 310, n. 25; As to right of jury to determine existence of facts essential to the admissibility of dying declarations, see Annotation in 56 L. R. A. 445; 16 L. R. A. (N. S.) 660; 52 L. R. A. (N. S.) 152; 1 R. C. L. 547; 1 R. C. L. Supp. 194.
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