EVANS v. STATE

No. 48388.

315 So.2d 1 (1975)

Sylvester Lavon EVANS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing July 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maxey, Clark & Casey, Laurel, for appellant.

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

Before GILLESPIE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and SUGG, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

Sylvester Lavon Evans was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County of manslaughter in the killing of Marvin Suttle, Jr. He was sentenced to serve a term of fifteen years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. He contends on appeal that the trial court made 10 errors during the trial.

About 10 o'clock P.M. on August 27, 1973, after talking with his recently divorced...

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