ARMSTRONG v. STATE

No. 44638.

214 So.2d 589 (1968)

James McArthur ARMSTRONG v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith & Smith, Corinth, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


RODGERS, Justice:

Appellant, James McArthur Armstrong, twenty-four years of age, was indicted and tried on a charge of murder in the Circuit Court of Alcorn County, Mississippi. He was convicted of manslaughter, and after defendant's motion for a new trial was overruled, and final judgment entered, the court sentenced the defendant to serve a term of twenty years in the state penitentiary. The defendant appealed to this Court.

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