Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 12, 1985No. 54795PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

472 So.2d 428 (1985)

Stanley L. DAVIS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54795.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 12, 1985.

Rehearing Denied July 17, 1985.

Duncan Lott, Langston, Lott & Langston, Booneville, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from a criminal conviction in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Neal Biggers presiding. Stanley L. Davis was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 18 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Davis appeals, assigning as…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Irving v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Reddix v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Scott v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Lanier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Heidel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Minnick v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Meshell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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