Mississippi Supreme Court, 1927

Gutson v. State

Gutson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided October 10, 1927 · SMITH, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court.
114 So. 126; 148 Miss. 74; 1927 Miss. LEXIS 12 (Southern Reporter)

Gutson v. State

Opinion of the Court

* Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Criminal Law, 17CJ, p. 371, n. 49, 51. The only error committed herein by the court below is that a jail sentence one month in excess of that permitted by the statute was imposed.

The judgment of the court below will be reversed in so far as it fixes the punishment, and the cause will be remanded for a new sentence, but in all other respects the judgment will be affirmed.

Reversed in part, and remanded.

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