Legal Opinion

Slyter v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 11, 1963No. 42575PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAbeiNgtoN, J.

Appellant was indicted in the. Circuit Court of Madison County for the murder of-Sandra Holderfield, and was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

The record discloses. that the appellant, on Saturday afternoon, April 21, 1962, made arrangements by telephone to pick up Sandra Holderfield to baby-sit that night. He gave a description of his car as a 1959 white Chevrolet, and at approximately seven o’clock P.M. he drove to a point on- North Jefferson Street in the City of Jackson, across the street from the Holderfield home, and by…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Stokes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Wheeler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Hancock v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Wexler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1932
  5. Shimniok v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1944

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  2. McGowen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  3. Hamburg v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1971
  4. May v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1967
  5. Fondren, Alias Taylor v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1965

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