BANKS v. STATE

No. 56560.

525 So.2d 399 (1988)

Lendell BANKS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Houston J. Patton, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and SULLIVAN and GRIFFIN, JJ.


GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

We write in this case not because an opinion here will add to the body of law of this state; however, the general public once again must be warned of the likelihood of severe punishment for driving an automobile while under the influence of alcohol.

Unlike manslaughter by way of culpable negligence, simple negligence to which we are all inclined may place otherwise good citizens in the penitentiary for five years. Prior to...

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