STENNIS v. STATE

No. 45819.

234 So.2d 611 (1970)

Robert Earl STENNIS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Sidney Johnston, III, Pascagoula, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Velia Ann Mayer, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


BRADY, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant, Robert Earl Stennis, was indicted for the murder of John Earl Burrell. The appellant was tried, found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to twenty years at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. From that judgment this appeal is taken.

It appears from the record that on the night of November 21, 1968, around...

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