CHINN v. STATE

No. 46364.

248 So.2d 801 (1971)

C.O. CHINN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 31, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson, Banks, Nichols & Leventhal, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


HARPER, Justice.

Appellant was tried and convicted on September 29, 1970, in the Circuit Court of Madison County for the crime of manslaughter.

On May 22, 1970, the appellant, C.O. Chinn, was involved in an altercation with one Vernon Ricks in which shots were fired and which resulted in the death of Ricks. The appellant voluntarily went to the police headquarters to surrender himself. He was charged with manslaughter and bound over to the Madison County Grand...

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