PIAZZA v. STATE

No. 46360.

247 So.2d 818 (1971)

Walter PIAZZA v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 17, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pritchard, Neeld & Pierce, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Timmie Hancock, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


BRADY, Justice:

From a conviction and judgment in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve five years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary, this appeal is taken.

A review of the record discloses that on December 12, 1969, the appellant, a twenty-two year old Negro man, saw his paramour, Marvilea Robinson, with one Charlie Nichols at the Medger Evers Liquor Store in Fayette...

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