Legal Opinion

Murphy v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 3, 1976No. 49152PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

336 So.2d 213 (1976)

Lynn MURPHY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49152.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 3, 1976.

Schissel & Harrigill, W.S. Stuckey, Jr., Greenwood, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Catherine Walker, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before INZER, SUGG and LEE, JJ.

SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

Defendant, David Tindall, and defendant's mother, Frances Murphy, were indicted by a grand jury in Leflore County for the murder of Kent Murphy, the father of defendant. Defendant was separately tried, convicted, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Defendant assigns three…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Cooper v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Oregon v. HassSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Fuselier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Moffett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Bogard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Wilkins v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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