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YAZZIE v. STATE

No. 50857.

366 So.2d 240 (1979)

Arthur Fred YAZZIE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin R. Smith, Philadelphia, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Pete J. Cajoleas, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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

LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Arthur Fred Yazzie was indicted and tried for manslaughter in the Circuit Court of Stone County. Evidence for the State indicates that Yazzie was driving an automobile in a culpably negligent manner and collided with another vehicle, resulting in the death of Phyllis Waits. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, Yazzie was sentenced to fifteen (15) years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary, and he appeals from that sentence and judgment...

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