Legal Opinion
Harper v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 1965No. 42767PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
’ Willie B. Harper, appellant, was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Scott County of an attempted rape of a sixteen-year old white girl of previous chaste character. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and from that conviction and judgment appeals to this Court. For the reason hereinafter stated, we reverse and remand the case. We shall not undertake to state the facts except insofar as they may relate to the issues presented for decision.
The appellant assigns as error three items:(1) The trial court erred in failing to sustain appellant’s motions to quash the indictment and to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Smith v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Matthew Winters v. Thomas D. Cook, Superintendent of the Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Orzell Billingsley, Sr., C. Herbert Oliver, J. S. Phifer and Abraham Woods, Jr. v. George W. ClaytonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Atwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
- Boyd v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1967
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