MITCHELL v. STATE

No. 46323.

246 So.2d 91 (1971)

George Edward MITCHELL v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.R. Wright, Jr., Carthage, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by John M. Kinard, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


SMITH, Justice:

George Edward Mitchell, a sixteen-year-old boy, was indicted for manslaughter in connection with a fatal stabbing in Leake County. He was tried and convicted of that crime in the Leake County Circuit Court and sentenced to serve a term of fifteen years in the penitentiary.

The appellant points out, and the Attorney General concedes, on behalf of the State of Mississippi, that this case, both as to its factual background and as to the procedure...

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