Every other killing of a human being, by the act, procurement, or culpable negligence of another, and without authority of law, not provided for in this title, shall be manslaughter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-47
Homicide; all other killings
Applied in 54 court decisions — leading case Thigpen v. Roberts (1984)
Most recently applied in Justin S. Hill v. State of Mississippi (September 2018)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (19); 1857, ch. 64, art. 182; 1871, § 2645; 1880, § 2893; 1892, § 1166; 1906, § 1244; Hemingway’s 1917, § 974; 1930, § 1002; 1…
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