Walters v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Walters v. State, 122 So. 189 (Miss. 1929)
153 Miss. 709; 1929 Miss. LEXIS 99
Anderson
Walters v. State
Opinion of the Court
The presumption of malice that goes with the use of a deadly weapon was completely overcome in this case by the eyewitnesses to the homicide. There was no material conflict in their evidence that the appellant committed the homicide in self-defense. There *710 fore there was no question for the jury to pass upon, and the court should have granted the appellant’s request for a directed verdict of not guilty.
Reversed, and appellant discharged.-
Reference
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- Walters v. State. [Fn]
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