Piazza v. State

BRADY, Justice:

From a conviction and judgment in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve five years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary, this appeal is taken.

A review of the record discloses that on December 12, 1969, the appellant, a twenty-two year old Negro man, saw his paramour, Marvilea Robinson, with one Charlie Nichols at the Medger Evers Liquor Store in Fayette, Mississippi. Charlie Nichols testified that the appellant tapped on the window of the car in which he and the deceased, Marvilea…