Legal Opinion
Gavin v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 1985No. 55610PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
473 So.2d 952 (1985)
Charlie W. GAVIN
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 55610.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
July 31, 1985.
Hugh L. Bailey, Sr., Bailey & Bailey, Winona, for appellant.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by John H. Emfinger, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.
ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:
I
This murder-turned-manslaughter case presents little in the way of novel questions of law. Charlie W. Gavin shot and killed Eula Mae Reece and the only question from the outset has been whether the killing was murder, manslaughter or…
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