Legal Opinion

Douglas Walters v. State of Mississippi

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 1, 2016No. 2015-KA-01332-SCTPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALLER, CHIEF JUSTICE,

FOR THE COURT;

¶ 1; A Rankin County jury found Douglas Walters guilty of grand larceny, and he was sentenced to serve ten years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Walters now appeals to this Court, arguing that the trial court erred in its application of the grand-larceny statute, in quashing a codefendant’s subpoena, and in admitting unauthenticated hearsay into evidence. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS & PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. On the morning of February 9, 2012, Robert Nelson drove to his construction company’s 140-acre property located off…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. West v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  2. United States v. Kenneth Wayne Goodwin, Charles William Bullard and Grover Eugene BeaverCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  3. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Richard W. Morrow v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2019
  2. Zack Cozar v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2017
  3. Alvin C. Wilson v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2019
  4. Marquis D. Saunders v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2018
  5. Alberto Julio Garcia a/k/a Alberto J. Garcia a/k/a Alberto Garcia v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2020

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