Legal Opinion

Craft v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1965No. 43640PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRodgers, J.

We have reached the conclusion that this case must be reversed and remanded for the reasons hereinafter set forth. Since the case must be retried and the facts are not appropriate for the printed page, we refrain from reiterating the evidence shown in the record except insofar as it is necessary to do so in order to clearly present the ruling of the Court.

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We hold that the introduction of the State’s Exhibit Number One, with reference to a photograph of an obscene writing shown on the wall of the room here involved, should not have been introduced for the reason that the obscenity is not…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Slyter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Cofer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
  3. Goodman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
  4. Bone v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1949
  5. Lee v. City of OxfordMississippi Supreme Court · 1924

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Morgan v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  2. United States v. Quinn L. PolsinelliCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
  3. McCollum v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Henderson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Patrick v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973

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