BLANKS v. STATE

No. 07-58507.

547 So.2d 29 (1989)

Michael Anthony BLANKS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merrida P. Coxwell, Jr., Stanfield, Carmody & Coxwell, Jackson, for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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


HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Michael Anthony Blanks appeals from his conviction of manslaughter in the circuit court of Lauderdale County and sentence to twenty years imprisonment. Because of the erroneous admission of prejudicial evidence, we reverse.

FACTS

Michael Anthony Blanks was born April 4, 1968, out of wedlock. He was reared by his mother, who later married Willie Burns and had three more children, several years younger than...

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