Anderson v. State (1934)

In Anderson v. State, 171 Miss. 41, 156 So. 645, 646 (1934), the defendant shot three men. The "main transaction" was the shooting of one of the men, Ewing. The defendant, Anderson, objected when the judge admitted the evidence of the shooting of the other two men. The Supreme Court of Mississippi held this to be a factual situation where the exception is applicable. The court stated the shooting of Ewing could not be "shown intelligently" without showing the facts in connection to the shooting of the other two men because the shooting of all three was a situation that could not be separated. Id.