Witherspoon v. State

441 So.2d 1363 (1983)

Terry Lynn WITHERSPOON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54620.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 14, 1983.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1984.

Daniel P. Self, Jr., Franklin M. Coleman, Self & Jordan, Meridian, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Walter L. Turner, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

BROOM, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Manslaughter is the offense for which the defendant, Terry Lynn Witherspoon, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, the Honorable Lester Williamson presiding. Trial was upon a murder indictment and after…