Null v. State

311 So.2d 654 (1975)

Alex NULL

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48438.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 28, 1975.

Charles R. Wilbanks, Corinth, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before RODGERS, INZER and WALKER, JJ.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

The appellant was indicted and tried for the murder of his wife, Ruby Null, in the Circuit Court of Alcorn County, Mississippi. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to a term of ten years in the state penitentiary. From that conviction and sentence, appellant…