RAYBURN v. STATE

No. 48503.

312 So.2d 454 (1975)

Sarah RAYBURN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 12, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.W. Kellum, Sumner, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Catherine Walker, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SMITH and BROOM, JJ.


SMITH, Justice.

Sarah Rayburn was tried in the Circuit Court of Leflore County upon an indictment for murder, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to serve a term of sixteen years in the penitentiary. From that conviction and sentence she appeals, assigning as the single ground for reversal the trial court's action in "granting to the State its Instruction Number 7."

At the conclusion of the trial, when instructions for each side were submitted to opposing...

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