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TURNER v. STATE

No. 57263.

505 So.2d 284 (1987)

Jimmy Lavorn TURNER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Ronald Parrish, Laurel, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and GRIFFIN, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant Jimmy Lavorn Turner was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jones County of manslaughter for the killing of his brother James and sentenced to fifteen (15) years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Appellant's sole assignment of error is that the verdict was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.

Under the authority of Morea v. State, 329 So.2d 527...

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