Butler v. State

375 So.2d 1039 (1979)

William Arnold BUTLER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51450.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 10, 1979.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 1979.

Fielding L. Wright, Jr., James H. Heidelberg, Pascagoula, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Catherine Walker Underwood, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SUGG and WALKER, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

William Arnold Butler was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment by the Circuit Court of Jackson County. The primary issue on appeal is whether the jury verdict was…