MARTIN v. STATE

No. 50164.

354 So.2d 1114 (1978)

Charles E. MARTIN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 8, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eaves & Eaves, Jackson & Louisville, G. Jyles Eaves, Louisville, John Arthur Eaves, Jackson, Henry L. Rodgers, Louisville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Henry T. Wingate, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, ROBERTSON and LEE, JJ.


LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Charles E. Martin was jointly indicted with his wife in the Circuit Court of Webster County for manslaughter of Joseph Brian Ramage, his twenty-six-month-old stepson. The trial court sustained a motion for severance, he was tried, convicted and sentenced to twenty (20) years. From that conviction and sentence he appeals here.

Appellant assigns the following errors in the trial below:

(1) The court erred in refusing to direct...

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