FORTENBERRY v. STATE

No. 38263.

213 Miss. 116 (1952)

56 So.2d 56

FORTENBERRY v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division A.

January 14, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morse & Morse, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


Kyle, J.

The appellant, Leroy Fortenberry, was indicted at the regular June 1951 term of the Circuit Court of Harrison County on a charge of murder in the killing of Wilbert Lee White, who is also referred to in the record as "Boley" White, and was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of eight years. From that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

The killing occurred shortly after midnight on the morning...

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