JONES v. STATE

No. 98-KA-00482-COA.

773 So.2d 964 (2000)

Derrick JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Pearson, Clarksdale, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Dewitt T. Allred, III, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE KING, P.J., BRIDGES, AND MOORE, JJ.


KING, P.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Derrick Jones (Jones) was convicted of murder by the Circuit Court of Bolivar County and sentenced to serve life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Aggrieved by his conviction and sentence, Jones has perfected this appeal and raises the following issues which are taken verbatim from his brief: 1) the court erred in not giving the jury instruction on manslaughter thereby failing to fully instruct...

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