SELLEN v. STATE

No. 51349.

374 So.2d 781 (1979)

Michael H. SELLEN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyce Holleman, Ben F. Galloway, III, Gulfport, for appellant.

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

Before SMITH, P.J., and LEE and BOWLING, JJ.


BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant was indicted and tried for the crime of murder in the Circuit Court of Harrison County. The jury returned its verdict finding appellant guilty of manslaughter and he was sentenced to serve a term of fifteen years under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections.

Appellant alleges eight assignments of error. One assignment mandates a reversal of the case for a new trial, and we shall discuss only that assignment...

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