PACE v. STATE

No. 47506.

285 So.2d 906 (1973)

Sam PACE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clayton Taylor Lewis, Philadelphia, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


PATTERSON, Justice:

Sam Pace was indicted and convicted of manslaughter by the Circuit Court of Neshoba County and sentenced to serve fifteen years in the state penitentiary.

He presently contends the trial court erred in permitting state witnesses to be introduced out of order, in permitting the pistol of the accused to be introduced into evidence, in sentencing the defendant harshly and unjustly, and in failing to direct a verdict for the defendant. We affirm...

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