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CANNON v. STATE

No. 42092.

244 Miss. 199 (1962)

141 So.2d 251

CANNON v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 21, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lumpkin, Holland and Ray, Tupelo; Robert B. Smith, Ripley, for appellant.

G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, J.

(Hn 1) Appellant was indicted for murder, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of eight years in the State Penitentiary. The chain of events leading up to the fatal shooting began about 8:15 o'clock on Saturday night, February 25, 1961, when deceased, Kelly Eugene Belk, a twenty-nine year old white male, was seen going toward police headquarters in an automobile at an unusually fast...

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