Chase v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 9, 1927

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1927-05-09

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Decided 1927-05-09

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Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently December 1958

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¶1^* Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Criminal Law, 17CJ, p. 212, n. 18; Homicide, 30CJ, p. 270, n. 84; p. 310, n. 25; As to right of jury to determine existence of facts essential to the admissibility of dying declarations, see Annotation in 56 L.R.A. 445; 16 L.R.A. (N.S.) 660; 52 L.R.A. (N.S.) 152; 1 R.C.L. 547; 1 R.C.L. Supp. 194. The credibility of, and the weight to be given to, the dying declaration were for the jury, and the evidence warrants the verdict.

¶2The other assignments of error, not being argued, are waived.

¶3Affirmed.