Harley v. State

345 So.2d 1048 (1977)

Clarence HARLEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49565.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 11, 1977.

H. Clark Coleman, Jr., West Point, John P. Fox, Houston, for appellant.

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

Before GILLESPIE, ROBERTSON and LEE, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

Clarence Harley was indicted by the grand jury of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Chickasaw County, for the murder of Emmett Kirby, Jr. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of eighteen years in the state…