Reid v. State

266 So.2d 21 (1972)

Jimmy Dale REID

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46789.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 26, 1972.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1972.

Ney M. Gore, Jr., Marks, Walter E. Dreaden, Jr., Lambert, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by J.B. Garretty, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

INZER, Justice:

Appellant Jimmy Dale Reid was jointly indicted with William A. Roberson and Larry Reid in the Circuit Court of Quitman County for the crime of the murder of Otis Bailey, Jr. A severance was granted and appellant was tried separately. The jury found him guilty of manslaughter…