Jordan v. State

320 So.2d 376 (1975)

Roosevelt JORDAN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48535.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 6, 1975.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1975.

Pigford, Hendricks & Fields, Meridian, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Vera Madel Speakes, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SMITH and BROOM, JJ.

BROOM, Justice.

Conviction of manslaughter and a ten year penitentiary sentence resulted from Jordan's trial on a murder indictment. Trial was in the Circuit Court of Clarke County. We affirm.

The controlling issue is whether or not a written confession given by…