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SAM v. STATE

No. 48294.

310 So.2d 923 (1975)

Everett SAM v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 11, 1975.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin R. Smith, Philadelphia, for appellant.

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

Before PATTERSON, ROBERTSON and WALKER, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice:

Everett Sam was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Neshoba County of manslaughter by culpable negligence when Edith McMillan died as the result of injuries received in a head-on collision of her car with that of Sam. Appellant Sam was sentenced to serve a term of twenty years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

About 2:30 P.M. on Saturday, November 20, 1971, Everett Sam, a Choctaw Indian, was riding as a passenger...

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