Garrett v. State

549 So.2d 1325 (1989)

Billy Dean GARRETT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 07-KA-58620.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 27, 1989.

Roger F. Wicker, Sparks Wicker & Colburn, Tupelo, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., elected Supreme Court Justice January 3, 1989, Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., John R. Henry, Jr., Sp. Ass't. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and BLASS, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

Billy Dean Garrett was indicted for murder, but convicted of manslaughter in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Mississippi. He was sentenced to a term of…