CHILDS v. STATE

No. 57451.

521 So.2d 882 (1988)

Earskin CHILDS, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Easley, Jr., Columbus, Thomas J. Lowe, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.


SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Earskin Childs, Jr., was tried and found guilty of manslaughter by the Circuit Court of Lowndes County, Mississippi. Childs was sentenced to ten (10) years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

On June 23, 1985, a vehicle driven by Earskin Childs, and occupied by Glenn Walton and Dennis Moore ran a stop sign and collided with an 18 wheeler driven by Carlon Edgar at the intersection of Kolola Springs...

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