PACE v. STATE

No. 47981.

298 So.2d 694 (1974)

Franklin PACE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 5, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Mathis, Corinth, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by William D. Boerner, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Justice:

Franklin Pace was indicted for the murder of his wife, Nadine Pace, and tried by the Circuit Court of Prentiss County, Mississippi. The jury found him guilty of manslaughter and the court sentenced him to serve a term of fifteen years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

Pace testified at the trial that the shooting was accidental. He contends in this Court that, inasmuch as he was the only eyewitness and his version was reasonable, the...

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