Legal Opinion

Montgomery v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 19, 1987No. 56743PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

515 So.2d 845 (1987)

William MONTGOMERY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56743.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 19, 1987.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1987.

James O. Ford, Ford & Ford, Tupelo, James D. Minor, Oxford, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

EN BANC:

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

The sufficiency of circumstantial evidence is in issue on this appeal from the Circuit Court of Pontotoc County, wherein William Montgomery was found guilty of the murder of Richard Ball. Montgomery, a recidivist, was sentenced to life…

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2Cases cited84 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. Billiot v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. May v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Heidel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. White v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Sudduth v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Murphy v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Edmonds v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2007

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