Legal Opinion

Harding v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided August 25, 2009No. 2008-CA-01216-COAPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Melisha Harding was indicted in DeSoto County for burglary, grand larceny, and uttering a forgery. According to the State, Harding attempted to pay by check at a Murphy’s Oil in Southaven, Mississippi. The check was declined, and the clerk at Murphy’s told Harding to come back by four o’clock to make the check good. Harding told the clerk that she worked at the Comfort Inn & Suites in Southaven. When Harding did not return by four o’clock, the clerk went to the Comfort Inn and was able to identify Harding as the person who had passed the check. Harding was a…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Ross v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2007
  5. Byrom v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Small v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2014
  2. Lawrence v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
  4. Berry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015
  5. Derrick D. Luckett v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2022

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