Legal Opinion

Thomas v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 4, 1987No. 56423PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

517 So.2d 1285 (1987)

Elisha THOMAS, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56423.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 4, 1987.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1987.

Mark T. Fowler, Roy O. Parker, Tupelo, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.

En Banc.

Affirmed.

WALKER, C.J., HAWKINS, P.J., and DAN M. LEE, PRATHER, SULLIVAN, and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

ROY NOBLE LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Elisha Thomas, Jr. was tried and found guilty of rape by a Pontotoc…

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2Cases cited71 opinions

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  3. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by55 opinions

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