Legal Opinion

Fisher v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 14, 1988No. 57679PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

532 So.2d 992 (1988)

Larry R. FISHER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57679.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 14, 1988.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1988.

William B. Kirksey, Kirksey & Associates, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Deirdre D. McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En banc.

ANDERSON, Justice, for the court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Smith County, on change of venue from Lauderdale County, wherein a jury convicted Larry R. Fisher of rape and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

On the night of February 11, 1983, the…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. Britt v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Burns v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Goff v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
  4. Wallace v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Vickery v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988

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