Powell v. State

279 So.2d 161 (1973)

Kenneth POWELL

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47414.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 5, 1973.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1973.

Lawrence D. Arrington, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Ben H. Walley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice.

This eternal triangle case is proof that having an affair with another man's wife can be a dangerous adventure.

Indicted for the murder of Ira Hinton, Jr., and convicted of manslaughter in the Circuit Court of Perry County, Kenneth Powell appealed to this Court. He contends that his conviction is…