GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:
Dannie M. Blackwell was tried for murder in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, Mississippi. The instructions submitted the issues of murder and manslaughter. He was found guilty of murder and sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
On the night of the homicide involved in this case, the defendant had been at a night club when the club closed about twelve o'clock. The deceased, Billy Roy Russell, was also a patron of the night...
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