TURNER v. STATE

No. 45281.

220 So.2d 295 (1969)

Gaston TURNER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Sidney Johnston, III, Pascagoula, for appellant.

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


BRADY, Justice:

The appellant, Gaston Turner, was indicted for the crime of murder arising out of the shooting and death of Jerome McCool on November 12, 1967, at the Paddock Club. The appellant was tried in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, and convicted of the crime of manslaughter and was sentenced to ten years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

The facts pertinent to this appeal are as follows: It is undisputed that the appellant shot...

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