Legal Opinion
Davis v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 13, 1975No. 48642PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
320 So.2d 789 (1975)
Paul E. DAVIS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 48642.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
October 13, 1975.
George F. West, Jr., Natchez, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Catherine Walker, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before PATTERSON, INZER and WALKER, JJ.
WALKER, Justice:
The appellant was indicted and tried for murder in the Circuit Court of Adams County, Mississippi. From a conviction of manslaughter and a sentence of twenty years in the state penitentiary, he prosecutes this appeal.
Shortly after midnight on the morning of July 27, 1973, James Thames, a service…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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3Cited by38 opinions
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