Hopson v. State

615 So.2d 576 (1993)

Jimmy Lee HOPSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 90-KA-1080.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 11, 1993.

David A. Stephenson, Meridian, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Deirdre McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and PITTMAN and SMITH, JJ.

PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:

Today we affirm the conviction of a drunken driver whose intoxicated condition contributed to the tragic death of a small child.

Jimmy Lee Hopson appeals from his conviction of culpably negligent manslaughter (vehicular homicide) entered in the Circuit Court of…