BALLARD v. STATE

No. 51041.

366 So.2d 668 (1979)

George BALLARD v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Waide, III, West Point, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Susan L. Runnels, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, SUGG and COFER, JJ.


SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

George Ballard was indicted in Clay County for murder, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to fifteen (15) years imprisonment. On appeal he assigns three errors but it is necessary that we note only one assignment of error because it requires the reversal of this case, and there is no merit to the other two assignments of error.

Ballard argues that the court erred when it refused to allow him to personally make a portion of...

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