Legal Opinion

Thornhill v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 22, 1989No. 07-KA-58677PublishedCited by 122 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

561 So.2d 1025 (1989)

David THORNHILL

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 07-KA-58677.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 22, 1989.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1990.

Cotton Ruthven, Waller & Waller, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and PRATHER and ANDERSON, JJ.

ROY NOBLE LEE, Chief Justice, for the Court:

David Thornhill was indicted and tried in the Circuit Court of Marion County on a charge of murder. The jury found him guilty as charged and the lower court…

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Weathersby v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Jordan v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Jackson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Malone v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Shive v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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3Cited by122 opinions

  1. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Herring v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Willie v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Coleman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Heidel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991

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