Sanders v. State

286 So.2d 825 (1973)

Sylvester SANDERS, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47531.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 10, 1973.

Ellis J. Farris, John B. Gee, Vicksburg, for appellant.

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

BROOM, Justice:

The appellant, Sylvester Sanders, Jr., was indicted by the Grand Jury of Warren County, Mississippi, for the crime of the murder of Tarelene Stevenson. Guilty of manslaughter was the verdict of the trial jury. Then the appellant was sentenced to serve a term of twelve (12) years in the state penitentiary. His motion for a…