BENNETT v. STATE

No. 49427.

341 So.2d 110 (1977)

Isiah BENNETT v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Darrell Reeves, Jr., Sims & Sims, Columbus, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Pete J. Cajoleas, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SMITH and LEE, JJ.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

Isiah Bennett was convicted of murder in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County and sentenced to life imprisonment. He has appealed and assigned one ground for reversal. It is argued that the granting, at the request of the State, of a jury instruction on manslaughter was error.

No objection to the instruction was interposed in the trial court as required by Rule 42 of the Supreme Court...

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