SHAW v. STATE

No. 58296.

540 So.2d 26 (1989)

L.G. SHAW v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Fortier, Fortier & Rich, Ripley, for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, ANDERSON and ZUCCARO, JJ.


ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the September 12, 1986, judgment of the Benton County Circuit Court wherein L.G. Shaw was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment with five years suspended. Shaw assigns four errors by the trial court. In affirming, we find it necessary to address only two of those assignments.

Shaw was indicted for murder. At trial, the state's...

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