Opinion ID: 1688754
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Heading: McGee v. State, 200 Miss. 350, 26 So.2d 680 (1946)

Text: Appellant, a black male, was convicted of raping a white woman, married and the mother of three children. After being arrested, defendant was removed from Laurel to Jackson. A joint affidavit was filed by McGee's two attorneys in support of his motion for change of venue. In that motion, the attorneys alleged that the defendant was mentally unbalanced, incoherent, and unable to give a statement. In response, the State stated into the record that it denied McGee was insane, and also denied he did not get a fair and impartial trial. The Supreme Court reversed, stating that [n]o attention, other than the dictated denial, was paid by the prosecution or by the court to the petition or motion contained in the affidavit as regard to the change of venue. 200 Miss. at 358, 26 So.2d 680. Such a denial of the change of venue, without proof in support of it, had as well not been a denial at all. 200 Miss. at 358-359, 26 So.2d 680.