Gibson v. State

503 So.2d 230 (1987)

Kevin Neal GIBSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56915.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 18, 1987.

David B. Clark, Florence, for appellant.

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

Before WALKER, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and GRIFFIN, JJ.

GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

This case, concerning manslaughter, comes to the Court from the Circuit Court of Rankin County. There, a jury convicted the appellant, Kevin Neal Gibson, who then received a sentence of eight years. On appeal, Gibson contends that the lower court erred when it failed to…