Dodson v. State
This text of 118 So. 620 (Dodson v. State) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Mississippi Supreme Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Appellant was tried and convicted upon an indictment charging him with the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor. The record discloses- that the state wholly failed to prove venue. Neither the county nor the state was mentioned anywhere in the testimony. It was incumbent upon the state to prove venue, and *549 failing to do so is jurisdictional, and may be raised for the first time in this court. Horton v. State, 123 Miss. 525, 86 So. 338; Monroe v. State, 103 Miss. 759, 60 So. 773; Quillen v. State, 106 Miss. 831, 64 So. 736.
It follows that the judgment of the court below will be reversed, and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Related
Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
118 So. 620, 151 Miss. 548, 1928 Miss. LEXIS 364, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/dodson-v-state-miss-1928.