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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 12/17/96 OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
NO. 94-KA-00991 COA STELLA MARIE LOVE APPELLANT v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI APPELLEE

PER CURIAM AFFIRMANCE MEMORANDUM OPINION

THIS OPINION IS NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION AND MAY NOT BE CITED, PURSUANT TO M.R.A.P. 35-B

TRIAL JUDGE: HON. ROBERT LEWIS GIBBS COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: YAZOO COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: CHRISTOPHER G. HOLT ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: SCOTT STUART DISTRICT ATTORNEY: EDWARD J. PETERS NATURE OF THE CASE: CRIMINAL--FELONY TRIAL COURT DISPOSITION: MANSLAUGHTER: SENTENCED TO SERVE 20 YEARS; SENTENCE TO RUN CONSECUTIVE TO ANY AND ALL PREVIOUSLY IMPOSED

BEFORE THOMAS, P.J., BARBER, AND MCMILLIN, JJ. PER CURIAM:

Stella Love pled guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. She appeals, assigning one issue as error: Whether the trial court erred in imposing the twenty-year sentence. Finding no error, we affirm. Because Love failed to object to her sentence at the sentencing hearing, she is procedurally barred from raising this issue on appeal. Smith v. State, 569 So. 2d 1203, 1206 (Miss. 1990); Reed v. State , 536 So. 2d 1336, 1339 (Miss. 1988). Notwithstanding the procedural bar, there is no merit to this issue. Under section 97-3-25, the maximum penalty for manslaughter is twenty years in the penitentiary. Miss. Code Ann.

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