Girton v. State

446 So.2d 570 (1984)

Manuel GIRTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53977.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 8, 1984.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1984.

John Booth Farese, Farese, Farese & Farese, Ashland, Russell X. Thompson, Memphis, Tenn., for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Bill Patterson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and HAWKINS and ROBERTSON, JJ.

HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:

Manual Girton was indicted by the grand jury of DeSoto County for murder of one John Cooley, tried and convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of seven (7) years…