Burge v. State

472 So.2d 392 (1985)

William BURGE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55569.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 5, 1985.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1985.

J. Kennedy Turner, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

This appeal follows the conviction of William L. Burge on the charge of manslaughter by culpable negligence under Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-47 (Supp. 1984) for which he has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment.

On appeal,…