COOLEY v. STATE

No. 49737.

346 So.2d 912 (1977)

Odell COOLEY v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Buckley & Ford, Carl D. Ford, Laurel, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Catherine W. Underwood, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, C.J., ROBERTSON and LEE, JJ., and PIGOTT, Commissioner.


JOE N. PIGOTT, Commissioner for the Court:1

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder and life sentence. The facts are not set out herein as the case must be reversed and remanded for a new trial.

The testimony of the appellant and his witnesses made an issue of fact as to self-defense. Over timely objection of the defendant, the court granted Instruction No. 4 requested by the State...

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