Legal Opinion

Parker v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 16, 1986No. 56287PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

514 So.2d 767 (1986)

Mark Anthony PARKER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56287.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 16, 1986.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1987.

William E. Tisdale, Sekul, Hornsby & Teel, Keith Pisarich, Cavanaugh & Pisarich, Biloxi, for appellant.

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

En Banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

For far too many years the people of this state have paid dearly for their racial prejudices, animosities, hatreds. A not insignificant part of that price was exacted on the evening of April 26, 1983,…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Billiot v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Cabello v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Holland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Edwards v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Gossett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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