CAYSON v. STATE

No. 43860.

184 So.2d 392 (1966)

Lee CAYSON, Sr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 21, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas D. Shands, Tupelo, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by R. Hugo Newcomb, Sr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


JONES, Justice.

This case comes from the Circuit Court of Lee County where appellant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to nine years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary with four and one-half years suspended.

He assigns as error:

1. The giving of the State's instructions.

2. The refusal of a peremptory instruction for appellant.

3. That the verdict was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.

None of these...

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