RUSH v. STATE

No. 47312.

278 So.2d 456 (1973)

Dewitt RUSH v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alford & Mars, Philadelphia, for appellant.

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


BROOM, Justice:

In the Circuit Court of Neshoba County, appellant Rush was convicted of manslaughter (culpable negligence). A pistol bullet which killed Parker, a bystander, was fired by Rush, who was in a ruckus with Marshall. Rush received a sentence of twenty years in the penitentiary and appeals. We affirm.

The facts show that, along with several others, appellant Rush was at the home of Ora Sue and Booker T. Parker, where he had been invited. Rush carried...

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