Burkett v. State

Mar 19, 1986
55422
Reporters:
Before:
Sullivan, Patterson, Dan M. Lee, Walker, Roy Noble Lee, Hawkins, Prather, Robertson, Anderson

Nova A. Carroll, Stewart, Burks, Pace & Carroll, Picayune, for appellant.

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

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and DAN ‍​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍M. LEE and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Nathaniel Burkett was convicted, in the Circuit Court of Pearl River County, of manslaughter and sentenced to serve twenty (20) years ‍​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍in the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Finding no merit under any error assigned on appeal, we affirm the conviction and sentence. See Morea v. State, 329 So.2d 527 (Miss. 1976); Jordan v. State, 474 So.2d ‍​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍622 (Miss. 1985); Willis v. State, 475 So.2d 163 (Miss. 1985); Gibson v. State, 475 So.2d 824 (Miss. 1985); Parrott v. State, 475 So.2d 167 (Miss. 1985); Smith v. State, 484 So.2d 364 (1986).

AFFIRMED.

PATTERSON, C.J., WALKER and ‍​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍ROY NOBLE LEE, P.JJ., and HAWKINS, DAN M. LEE, PRATHER, ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.