Warren v. State

336 So.2d 726 (1976)

Mable WARREN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49080.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 17, 1976.

George S. Monroe, Newton, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Ben H. Walley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, SMITH and WALKER, JJ.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

Mable Warren was tried in the Circuit Court of Newton County upon an indictment charging her with murder in the shooting death of Janet Bishop. She was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve eight years in the penitentiary.

It appears from the record that Mable Warren and her husband had…