Kidd v. State

258 So.2d 423 (1972)

Billy Joe KIDD

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46661.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 21, 1972.

Murray L. Williams, Water Valley, C.D. Thomas, Pontotoc, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Timmie Hancock, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

BRADY, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Pontotoc County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant, Billy Joe Kidd, was indicted by the grand jury for the crime of murder. He was tried at the November 1969 Term and was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve ten years in the state penitentiary. From that…