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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 49703.

346 So.2d 927 (1977)

Charles Ray JOHNSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Kelly Loyacono, Loyacono & Field, Oscar P. LaBarre, Vicksburg, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Billy L. Gore, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before INZER, SMITH and BROOM, JJ.

INZER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Appellant Charles Ray Johnson appeals from the Circuit Court of Warren County wherein he was indicted for murder but was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of eighteen (18) years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

Appellant was indicted for the January 1, 1976, murder of Norman Williams, his fifty-four-year-old cousin and owner of a small grocery store known as "Norman's Grocery." Eighteen-year...

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