Frazier v. State

289 So.2d 690 (1974)

Freddie Mae FRAZIER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47678.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 4, 1974.

Thomas L. Booker, Philadelphia, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Pete J. Cajoleas, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

Freddie Mae Frazier (defendant) was convicted of manslaughter by culpable negligence by the Circuit Court of Neshoba County and sentenced to serve six years in the penitentiary.

Stated in the light most favorable to the State, the material facts are as follows. Defendant, a female Choctaw Indian, and Everett Sam, also a…