Dobbins v. State

RODGERS, Justice.

The appellant, Brooks Dobbins, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Copiah County, Mississippi for the alleged murder of Archie James Dixon. He was tried and convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the state penitentiary. The appellant has appealed from this judgment and an order overruling a motion for a new trial.

He contends on appeal that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the overwhelming weight of evidence, and that one of the instructions granted to the jury for the State was erroneous.

The deceased, Archie James Dixon, lost his life…