Shanklin v. State

290 So.2d 625 (1974)

Arcurtis SHANKLIN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47834.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 18, 1974.

Whitman D. Mounger, Greenwood, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Karen Gilfoy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence of Arcurtis Shanklin on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill and murder one Benny Jack Williams. The trial occurred in Sunflower County, Mississippi in which Parchman State Penitentiary is located. The parties involved are prisoners in the state…