Legal Opinion

Miller v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 19, 1980No. 52225Published

1Opinion of the Court

COFER, Justice, for the Court:

The appellant, Willie Mae Miller, was indicted for the murder of John Kennedy in the Circuit Court of Choctaw County. On her trial, she was convicted of manslaughter. She has appealed, assigning as error the court’s refusal to grant certain instructions at her request and that the conviction was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence. Concluding that the record supports none of the assignments of error, we affirm the case.

The appellant operated a restaurant in Ackerman at the time of the alleged crime. This restaurant was next to appellant’s residence…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cotton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Atterberry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Newman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1955

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