PERKINS v. STATE

No. 47706.

290 So.2d 597 (1974)

Huey Gene PERKINS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Thompson, Forest, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, Chief Justice.

Huey Gene Perkins was convicted in the Circuit Court of Scott County of manslaughter in the killing of his wife, Charlene Perkins. He appealed from the judgment sentencing him to serve twenty years in the penitentiary. We affirm.

The defendant raises two issues on appeal. First, he argues that a peremptory instruction should have been granted and that the verdict was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence, and, secondly,...

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