BEAN v. STATE

No. 48009.

297 So.2d 903 (1974)

Laura Mae BEAN v. STATE of Mississippi

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 29, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tubb & Stevens, West Point, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


PATTERSON, Justice:

This appeal arises from the Circuit Court of Clay County. There Laura Mae Bean was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years in the state penitentiary.

She contends for reversal that the trial court erred by not admitting into evidence testimony concerning a mental lapse incurred by a witness which was similar to those suffered by the appellant and that the verdict of the jury was against the weight of the evidence.

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