SHOWERS v. STATE

No. 45533.

227 So.2d 452 (1969)

Walter L. SHOWERS, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 20, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Sidney Johnston, III, Pascagoula, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice.

In this appeal from a conviction in the Circuit Court of Jackson County for manslaughter in the death of Willie Horn and for which a twenty year sentence to the Mississippi State Penitentiary was imposed, the appellant, Walter L. Showers, Jr., assigns as error that (1) the verdict of the jury is contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence and (2) the trial court erroneously overruled the appellant's motion for a new trial which...

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