Legal Opinion

May v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1988No. 57357PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

524 So.2d 957 (1988)

Dorothy Elizabeth MAY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57357

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 20, 1988.

Thomas A. Coleman, J.P. Coleman, Coleman & Coleman, Ackerman, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Jack B. Lacy, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ANDERSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Dorothy Elizabeth May was indicted, tried and convicted of murdering her husband, James L. May. She appeals the conviction and sentence to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Hoffa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. United States v. HenrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Jackson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Dycus v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  5. David Owen v. Kerr-Mcgee Corporation and the Home Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by73 opinions

  1. Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Carr v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Balfour v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Puckett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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