O'BRYANT v. STATE

No. 57691.

530 So.2d 129 (1988)

Willie O'BRYANT v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Burgoon, Jr., Fraiser, Burgoon & Abraham, Greenwood, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Pat Flynn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ANDERSON, JJ.


HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Willie O'Bryant appeals his conviction in the circuit court of Leflore County of the murder of his wife Mrs. Josie O'Bryant and sentence to life imprisonment.

The first issue we address on this appeal is whether O'Bryant was entitled to an instruction authorizing the jury to acquit him if they believed the death of his wife was accidental. Because O'Bryant was engaged in an unlawful act at the time his wife was shot...

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