Gray v. State

387 So.2d 101 (1980)

Henry GRAY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 52022.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 20, 1980.

John P. Price, McComb, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen., by Robert D. Findley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., and SUGG and COFER, JJ.

SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Henry Gray was indicted for the murder of Jack Seals. Following his trial on that charge in the Circuit Court of Pike County, the jury returned a verdict convicting him of manslaughter. For that offense, he was sentenced to serve a term of 16 years imprisonment. He appeals,…