Yelverton v. State

191 So.2d 393 (1966)

Samuel YELVERTON, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 43999.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 31, 1966.

William E. McKinley, Lee B. Agnew, Jackson, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

INZER, Justice:

Appellant, Samuel Yelverton, Jr., was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Rankin County on the charge of involuntary manslaughter by culpable negligence in the killing of C.L. Steen. He was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary, and from this sentence he appeals…