Ellis v. State

208 So.2d 49 (1968)

Hosey ELLIS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 44687.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 4, 1968.

Stanford Young, Waynesboro, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice:

Hosey Ellis was tried in the Circuit Court of Wayne County on an indictment charging him with the murder of Emory "Shep" Worsham. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of four years in the penitentiary. From that conviction and sentence, he has prosecuted this appeal.

The homicide resulted from a shoot-out between Ellis…