Whitley v. State

511 So.2d 929 (1987)

William P. WHITLEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57042.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 12, 1987.

Albert S. Johnston, III, Johnston & Shaddock, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Henry C. Clay, III, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and GRIFFIN, JJ.

ROY NOBLE LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

William P. Whitley was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County on two counts of manslaughter by culpable negligence. The lower court sentenced him to twenty (20) years on each…