Bruce v. State

349 So.2d 1068 (1977)

Melvin Kenneth BRUCE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50219.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 21, 1977.

Sumner & Sumner, John M. Sumner, Winona, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Catherine W. Underwood, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SUGG and WALKER, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Melvin Kenneth Bruce was indicted in Carroll County, Second Judicial District, for the murder of Jimmy Dale Meredith. By change of venue he was tried in the Circuit Court of Webster County where he was convicted of manslaughter and…