BOATMAN v. STATE

No. 38565.

216 Miss. 112 (1953)

61 So.2d 784

14 Adv. S. 1

BOATMAN v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 5, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnett & Barnett, for appellant.

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


ROBERDS, J.

This is an appeal from a verdict and sentence of manslaughter. The record shows that both the defendant and the deceased had been drinking heavily just prior to the homicide. A quarrel arose while they were riding along the highway in a bus in which others were present. When the bus was stopped the immediate parties debarked. It was a dark night and the lights of the bus were turned off. The deceased knocked...

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