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SHORTER v. STATE

No. 46533.

257 So.2d 236 (1972)

Odell SHORTER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 24, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waller & Fox, Jackson, J.W. Price, Freeland & Gafford, Oxford, for appellant.

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

INZER, Justice:

Appellant Odell Shorter was indicted and tried in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County for the crime of murder. He was convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to serve fifteen years in the State Penitentiary. From this conviction and sentence he appeals. We affirm.

The evidence on behalf of the state is sufficient to show that on the night of March 7, 1970, appellant, together with his girl friend, Emma Mary Porter, her brother and his...

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