BRAGG v. STATE

No. 44841.

210 So.2d 652 (1968)

T.J. BRAGG v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 20, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnett, Montgomery, McClintock & Cunningham, Jackson, Jerry T. Johnston, Brandon, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Laurence Y. Mellen, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


BRADY, Justice.

The appellant was indicted and tried for murder in the Circuit Court of Rankin County, Mississippi. He was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of fifteen years in the state penitentiary. From this judgment this appeal is prosecuted. Controlling facts of the case are as follows.

On November 13, 1966, a group of Negroes were "shooting dice" in the Jack Love Cafe in Rankin County...

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