Sharplin v. State

357 So.2d 940 (1978)

Horace SHARPLIN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50420.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 19, 1978.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 1978.

A.R. Wright, Jr., Morris C. Phillips, Jr., Carthage, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, SUGG and WALKER, JJ.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from a conviction of manslaughter returned after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Leake County, Mississippi. Appellant was sentenced to fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

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