BURGE v. STATE

No. 55569.

472 So.2d 392 (1985)

William BURGE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kennedy Turner, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This appeal follows the conviction of William L. Burge on the charge of manslaughter by culpable negligence under Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-47 (Supp. 1984) for which he has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment.

On appeal, Burge contends that the lower court erred in: (1) overruling his request for a peremptory instruction and subsequent motion for judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict of...

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