Dixon v. State

306 So.2d 302 (1975)

Brown DIXON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48194.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 20, 1975.

Clayton Taylor Lewis, Clayton Lewis, Philadelphia, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, C.J., and INZER and BROOM, JJ.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

Indicted for manslaughter, and tried in the Circuit Court of Neshoba County, defendant was convicted and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment.

The evidence was sufficient to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant feloniously administered a severe…