DOBBINS v. STATE

No. 44667.

207 So.2d 96 (1968)

Brooks DOBBINS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 19, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arrington & Arrington, Hazlehurst, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


RODGERS, Justice.

The appellant, Brooks Dobbins, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Copiah County, Mississippi for the alleged murder of Archie James Dixon. He was tried and convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the state penitentiary. The appellant has appealed from this judgment and an order overruling a motion for a new trial.

He contends on appeal that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the overwhelming weight...

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