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SLOAN v. STATE

No. 50960.

368 So.2d 228 (1979)

C.L. SLOAN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied March 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell, Rogers, Eskridge, Voge & Clayton, William M. Beasley, Tupelo, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Phillip H. Schwartz, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and WALKER and LEE, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court:

C.L. Sloan was indicted and tried for murder in the Circuit Court of Lee County. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, he was sentenced to serve a term of twelve (12) years in the state penitentiary, and appeals here from that sentence and judgment.

The evidence is in direct conflict. Testimony for the State indicates that on August 13, 1977, the appellant was operating Jewel's Minit Mart, a convenience store in...

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