Neal v. State

386 So.2d 718 (1980)

Tommy NEAL

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 52019.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 6, 1980.

Dulaney & Dulaney, J.W. Dulaney, Jr., Tunica, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BROOM and LEE, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court.

Manslaughter is the offense for which Tommy Neal (defendant/appellant) was convicted at his trial in the Circuit Court of Tunica County upon a murder indictment. Neal was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. On his appeal, he argues: (1) the cause of death was not…