Cook v. State

467 So.2d 203 (1985)

Clarence Edward COOK

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54621.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 13, 1985.

Jim W. Rose, Rose & Woodfield, Gulfport, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

Confronted by a drunken man, brandishing the large section of a two-piece pool cue in a dark lounge, Clarence Edward Cook panicked, took his friend's pistol out of his waistband and fired one shot, hitting Dudley Chandler, who was as close as…