BLACKWELL v. SESSUMS

No. 47835.

284 So.2d 38 (1973)

Joseph O. BLACKWELL v. C.O. SESSUMS, Sheriff of Sunflower County, Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnett, Montgomery, McClintock & Cunningham, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Timmie Hancock, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


WALKER, Justice:

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Judge of Sunflower County denying bail to appellant after a habeas corpus hearing.

On August 21, 1973, the appellant was charged with the murder of one L.C. Nelson and after a preliminary hearing before a justice of the peace, was bound over to await action of the Grand Jury on a charge of murder without the benefit of bail. He thereafter filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus contending...

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