Rush v. State

278 So.2d 456 (1973)

Dewitt RUSH

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47312.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 28, 1973.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1973.

Alford & Mars, Philadelphia, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Wayne Snuggs, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

BROOM, Justice:

In the Circuit Court of Neshoba County, appellant Rush was convicted of manslaughter (culpable negligence). A pistol bullet which killed Parker, a bystander, was fired by Rush, who was in a ruckus with Marshall. Rush received a sentence of twenty years in the penitentiary and appeals. We affirm.

The facts show that,…