COCHRAN v. STATE

No. 46219.

244 So.2d 22 (1971)

Rayvon COCHRAN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Kelley, Jackson, Stanford Young, Waynesboro, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by John Kinard, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Justice:

The appellant, Rayvon Cochran, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, of the murder of Irvin Palmer. The jury could not agree on the punishment so the appellant was sentenced by the court to life imprisonment in the State penitentiary.

The fatal encounter occurred about 9:30 p.m. on July 7, 1970. Irvin Palmer died about 2:00 a.m. July 8th from the stab wound in his right chest. The appellant...

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