Ray v. State

381 So.2d 1032 (1980)

Fred RAY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51654.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 19, 1980.

McGee & Bogen, Edward J. Bogen, Jr., Leland, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Susan L. Runnels, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

EN BANC.

SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

Fred Ray was indicted for murder, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to a term of 15 years by the Circuit Court of Washington County. On appeal Ray assigns the following errors:(1) The trial court erred in granting state's Instruction No. S-2; (2) the trial court erred in refusing to grant defendant's…