LATIKER v. STATE

No. 47354.

278 So.2d 398 (1973)

Perry Lee LATIKER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 29, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barrett, Barrett & Barrett, Lexington, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Ben H. Walley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


WALKER, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Holmes County where the appellant was indicted for murder, convicted of manslaughter by culpable negligence and sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary.

The evidence in this case at best was skimpy and revealed that appellant Latiker and several other men were engaged in idle conversation in the shade of a fir tree when the subject of guns came up. The appellant, when asked if he had a gun in...

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