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SHARPLIN v. STATE

No. 50420.

357 So.2d 940 (1978)

Horace SHARPLIN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.R. Wright, Jr., Morris C. Phillips, Jr., Carthage, for appellant.

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

Before ROBERTSON, SUGG and WALKER, JJ.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from a conviction of manslaughter returned after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Leake County, Mississippi. Appellant was sentenced to fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Appellant first contends that the trial court committed reversible error in overruling his motion for a special venire. In order to understand appellant...

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