Parchman v. State

279 So.2d 602 (1973)

Cecil PARCHMAN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47390.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 5, 1973.

J.B. Mitchell, Corinth, for appellant.

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

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

Cecil Parchman (defendant) was convicted in the Circuit Court of Alcorn County for shooting and wounding Grady Rainey. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of October 24, 1970, as Grady Rainey, Harmon Rainey and the defendant were returning home after a day of picking cotton. The trio was riding in a pickup truck with Grady at…