Turner v. State

726 So.2d 117 (1998)

Corwin TURNER a/k/a Corky Turner

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 96-KA-00957-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 6, 1998.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1999.

Roy J. Farrell, Tupelo, for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Dewitt T. Allred, III, for Appellee.

Before PITTMAN, P.J., and BANKS and WALLER, JJ.

PITTMAN, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Corwin "Corky" Turner was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of Lee County on August 22, 1996, of the crime of DUI resulting in death. On September 3, 1996, the trial judge sentenced Turner to a term of twenty years…