Griffin v. State

495 So.2d 1352 (1986)

Kenneth Ray GRIFFIN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56390.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 8, 1986.

Roy Noble Lee, Jr., Lee & Lee, Forest, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and GRIFFIN, JJ.

WALKER, Chief Justice for the Court:

This case is appealed from the Circuit Court of Scott County, where Kenneth Ray Griffin was indicted for murder, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to twelve (12) years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

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