Legal Opinion
Rouse v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 1969No. 45059PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
222 So.2d 145 (1969)
Burl Thomas ROUSE
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 45059.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
February 17, 1969.
Rehearing Denied May 12, 1969.
H. Bernard Gautier, Pascagoula, for appellant.
Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Laurence Y. Mellen, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
ROBERTSON, Justice:
The appellant, Burl Thomas Rouse, was indicted, tried, and convicted of the July 11, 1967, murder of his 14-year-old stepdaughter, Kathleen Simmons, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County. Inasmuch as the jury found the defendant guilty as charged,…
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3Cited by17 opinions
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