Legal Opinion
Killen v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 12, 2007No. 2005-KA-01393-SCTPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
958 So.2d 172 (2007)
Edgar Ray KILLEN
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2005-KA-01393-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
April 12, 2007.
Rehearing Denied June 28, 2007.
Percy Stanfield, Jr., Jackson, Glen W. Hall, attorneys for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Jim Hood, John R. Henry, attorneys for appellee.
Before COBB, P.J., DICKINSON and RANDOLPH, JJ.
DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. During the night of June 21, 1964, several members of the Neshoba County and Lauderdale County chapters of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (the "Klan") kidnaped and killed Michael Schwerner, James…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- United States v. LovascoSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by11 opinions
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