Ponder v. State

335 So.2d 885 (1976)

Preston PONDER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49105.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 3, 1976.

Henry E. Pope, Columbia, for appellant.

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

Before INZER, SUGG and LEE, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court.

Preston Ponder was convicted of manslaughter by culpable negligence in the Circuit Court of Marion County and was sentenced to serve a term of ten (10) years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. From that conviction and judgment he appeals to this Court.

Appellant contends that (1) the lower court…