Lawson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court November 15, 1905

Lawson v. State, 87 Miss. 562 (Miss. 1905)

40 So. 325

Trult

Opinion of the Court

Trult, J.,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.

Conceding tbat all tbe assignments of error presented by appellant be sound and well taken, they are still insufficient to justify a reversal of tbis case. Here we have proof of tbe breaking and *564burglary; the possession and recovery of the stolen property; the flight of the defendant; his subsequent arrest, plea of guilty at preliminary trial, and voluntary confession. Under this state of facts, no other result could reasonably be expected on any trial. The instruction refused the appellant presents a mere legal truism, the denial of which could not in such a plain case have affected the result. .

Affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name: William Lawson v. State of Mississippi
Cited By: 4 cases
Status: Published
Syllabus: Criminal Law. Appeal. Refusal of truism instruction. Tlie refusal of an instruction in a criminal case propounding a mere truism, as one to the effect that each juror should base his verdict on the law and the evidence, and not consent to a verdict merely because it is the verdict of another or of the majority of the jurors, will not work a reversal in a case of guilt so plain that a different result could not reasonably be expected on a new trial.