McCraw v. State

260 So.2d 457 (1972)

Cleveland McCRAW

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46768.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 3, 1972.

W.E. Andrews, Purvis, Singley & Morgan, Columbia, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by John Kinard, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

BRADY, Justice:

The appellant, Cleveland McCraw, was indicted by the grand jury for the murder of Melvin Johnson. The trial was held in the Circuit Court of Marion County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of fifteen years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. From that jury…