METTS v. STATE

No. 39319.

222 Miss. 198 (1954)

75 So.2d 722

METTS v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 15, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Dyer, Jr., Greenville, for appellant.

Wm. E. Cresswell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ARRINGTON, J.

The appellant, Will Metts, was indicted for the murder of Henry Ratliff, was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to serve ten years in the State penitentiary.

The only assignment of error is that the court erred in denying appellant's motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict of the jury was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence. It is contended that appellant's version of...

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