Legal Opinion

Oates v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 14, 1983No. 53889PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

437 So.2d 441 (1983)

Edward Lee OATES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53889.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 14, 1983.

Jack R. Jones, III, Taylor & Whitwell, Ltd., Southaven, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BOWLING and ROBERTSON, JJ.

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant, Edward Lee Oates, appeals his conviction in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County of the crime of rape and sentence of life imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections.

It would serve no useful purpose to…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Woods v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Younger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Hosey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Starks v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1962

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Clemons v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Hosford v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. State v. MartinSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1994
  4. Cunningham v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. White v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986

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