Briggins v. State

416 So.2d 691 (1982)

Eddie Gene BRIGGINS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53147.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 14, 1982.

Willie L. Rose, Lexington, Mel Davis, Leonard McClellan, Oxford, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., and WALKER and DAN M. LEE, JJ.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Lafayette County wherein the appellant, Eddie Gene Briggins, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of eighteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of…