Freeman v. State

204 So.2d 842 (1967)

David Edward FREEMAN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 44518.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 4, 1967.

Rex K. Jones, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

PATTERSON, Justice:

Appellant, David Edward Freeman, was indicted and tried for murder in the Circuit Court of Forrest County. He was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve twenty years in the state penitentiary. He appeals here, assigning as error that the court erred in excluding evidence offered by the defendant as to the character…