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Agee v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 25, 1966No. 43903PublishedCited by 179 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

185 So.2d 671 (1966)

Joe AGEE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 43903.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 25, 1966.

O.M. Oates, Jr., Bay Springs, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by Hugo Newcomb, Sr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice.

Joe Agee was convicted of murdering Hurbert Darby. The jury fixed punishment at life imprisonment, and Agee appealed to this Court.

Hurbert Darby lived alone in the rural part of Jasper County, Mississippi, where he was employed to care for a cattle farm. On December 29, 1964, he was found dead in his residence from gunshot…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Lee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Holmes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Clash v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1927

3Cited by179 opinions

  1. Chase v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Lockett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Conner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Bullock v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980

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