Meshell v. State

506 So.2d 989 (1987)

Ricky Dale MESHELL

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56,726.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 22, 1987.

Jimmy D. McGuire, Kelly C. Walker, Gulfport, for appellant.

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

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

ROY NOBLE LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Ricky Dale Meshell was indicted and tried for capital murder as an habitual offender and the jury returned a verdict finding him guilty of manslaughter. Meshell was sentenced by the Circuit Court of Harrison County to twenty…