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COOK v. STATE

No. 46333.

248 So.2d 434 (1971)

Otha Lee COOK v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 24, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy O. Parker, William F. Randle, Tupelo, for appellant.

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

HARPER, Justice:

Otha Lee Cook was indicted and convicted in the Circuit Court of Lee County of manslaughter under the culpable negligence statute. Miss.Code 1942 Ann. § 2232 (1956). The indictment charged that appellant did feloniously, through his culpable negligence, kill and slay one Martha King, a human being.

Appellant was found guilty and sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary, two years being suspended upon good behavior...

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