Irving v. State

56 So. 377, 100 Miss. 208
Mississippi Supreme Court·Decided October 15, 1911·Published·Cited by 4 cases

Opinion

Smith, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The first instruction granted by the court below at the request of the state is erroneous, for the reason that it [211] omits the necessary qualification that circumstantial evidence, in order to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, must exclude every other reasonable hypothesis than that of guilt. Williams v. State, 95 Miss. 671, 49 South. 513; Permenter v. State, 54 South. 949.

Reversed and remanded.

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