Holliday v. State

418 So.2d 69 (1982)

Winford Dee HOLLIDAY, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53355.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 11, 1982.

Farese, Farese & Farese, John B. Farese, Ashland, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and BROOM and ROY NOBLE LEE, JJ.

WALKER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Tippah County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant was indicted for murder but convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of eighteen years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections,…