COLE v. STATE

No. 52906.

405 So.2d 910 (1981)

Bennie J. COLE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kennedy Turner III, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Mark A. Chinn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SUGG and HAWKINS, JJ.


SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

Bennie James Cole was indicted and tried in the Circuit Court of Neshoba County for the crime of murder, but was convicted of the lesser included crime of manslaughter. The court sentenced him to serve twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. We affirm.

On August 4, 1980, Patricia Cole died from five .22 caliber gunshot wounds fired from a rifle, and inflicted by the defendant who was her brother...

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