Legal Opinion

Rush v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 7, 1974No. 48073PublishedCited by 65 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

301 So.2d 297 (1974)

Pete RUSH, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48073.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 7, 1974.

Wilbourn, Williams & Glover, Robert E. Jones, Meridian, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Ben H. Walley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

WALKER, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, wherein appellant was convicted of the crime of rape of a female over the age of twelve years and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

The prosecutrix testified that on the morning of May 17, 1973, shortly after 9:30 a.m., the appellant,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Marion v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
  2. Fields v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  3. McGee v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  4. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1955
  5. United States v. Travis Stanley HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971

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3Cited by65 opinions

  1. Lockett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. White v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Puckett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Benson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989

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