Dickerson v. State

441 So.2d 536 (1983)

Kenneth Edward DICKERSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 54011.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 7, 1983.

Jimmy D. McGuire, Gulfport, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Walter L. Turner, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and HAWKINS and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

Drunken drivers destroy life, limb and property with callous indifference. Our citizenry is outraged. That outrage without doubt played a substantial role in Kenneth Edward Dickerson's conviction of the manslaughter of Edward David…