Atkinson v. State

392 So.2d 205 (1980)

Homer ATKINSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 52227.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 26, 1980.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1981.

Morris C. Phillips, Jr., A.R. Wright, Jr., Carthage, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Mark A. Chinn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and WALKER and BROOM, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Manslaughter conviction and sentence of twenty years imprisonment resulted from Homer Atkinson's (defendant's) trial in the Circuit Court of Leake County. On appeal he argues that (1) the indictment was insufficient for…