Legal Opinion

Dedeaux v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 24, 1993No. 91-KA-0164PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

630 So.2d 30 (1993)

Willie Lee DEDEAUX

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 91-KA-0164.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 24, 1993.

James L. Davis, III, Gulfport, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Deirdre McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

Willie Lee Dedeaux appeals his conviction of murder and sentence of life imprisonment from the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County. While the evidence presented does not support a conviction of murder, the Court finds that it does support the lesser charge of manslaughter.…

Also in this document: Dissent · Hawkins; Dissent · Hawkins; Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Heidel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Moffett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Davis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  4. United States v. Ellison M. StocktonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
  5. Ida Mae Whitehurst, Etc. v. Edward L. Wright, Jr., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Tait v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Carter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Wade v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Yates v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Shields v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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