Lanier v. State

291 So.2d 695 (1974)

Pauline LANIER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47779.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 4, 1974.

Sims & Sims, C. Darrell Reeves, Columbus, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Ben H. Walley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

Pauline Lanier was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County, Mississippi, for the crime of manslaughter as a result of the death of Freddie W. Sherrod.

The testimony shows that Freddie W. Sherrod had been at the home of defendant's sister, Odessa Shirley, along about 7:00 P.M. and told her that…