Legal Opinion

Whigham v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 31, 1992No. 07-KA-59480PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

611 So.2d 988 (1992)

Anthony Earl WHIGHAM

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 07-KA-59480.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 31, 1992.

Rex K. Jones, Barron McSwain, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Leyser Q. Morris, Jackson, for appellee.

EN BANC.

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Anthony Earl Whigham appeals his conviction in the circuit court of Forrest County of violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-23 (Supp. 1991), the sexual molestation of a minor female, and sentence to eight years imprisonment. Because of error in closing argument, we reverse.

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2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. West v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Butler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Theriot v. Bay Drilling Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  4. Livingston v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Dunaway v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Conner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Holland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Holly v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Weatherspoon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Thorson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2004

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