Mississippi Supreme Court July 23, 1998, No. 97-KA-00641-SCT (McDonald v. State)

MILLS, Justice,

for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Charles McDonald was indicted in the Circuit Court of Jones County for the murder of Elijah Adams on January 22, 1997. He was convicted of manslaughter on April' 14, 1997. McDonald was thereafter sentenced to serve a term of twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.