Legal Opinion

MacK v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 4, 1985No. 56229PublishedCited by 91 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

481 So.2d 793 (1985)

Lawrence MACK

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56229.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 4, 1985.

John C. Webb, Howard I. Bass, Greenville, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by John H. Emfinger, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal arises out of a 29 year old defendant's burglary of his mother's home and theft of certain items of household goods. We have been asked to review the questions of whether a circumstantial evidence instruction should have been submitted…

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2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. Billiot v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. State v. GosbyWashington Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Keys v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by91 opinions

  1. Chase v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
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  3. Taylor v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Ladner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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