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JONES v. STATE

Nos. 91-KA-01276-SCT, 92-KA-00190-SCT.

678 So.2d 707 (1996)

Frazier Lee JONES v. STATE of Mississippi. Sue Ann JONES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 25, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Stephenson, Meridian, Anthony H. Oglesby, Waynesboro, George S. Shaddock, Pascagoula, for Appellants.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Deirdre McCrory, Jean Smith Vaughan, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.

PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:

Appellants, Sue Ann Jones, and her husband, Frazier Lee Jones, were found guilty of the crime of manslaughter, while engaged in the crime of child abuse/neglect. Miss. Code Ann. §§ 97-3-29 and 97-5-39 (1972). Sue Ann and Frazier Lee appealed this decision based on several assignments of error. Finding that the testimony of a public welfare worker was improperly admitted and exceeded the witness' knowledge, thereby creating...

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