Legal Opinion
Hentz v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 15, 1986No. 56831PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This matter is before the Court on a finding of direct contempt, under Mississippi Code Annotated § 9-1-17 (1972), and summary punishment therefor. The appellant appeared as a defense witness in criminal cause No. 4151 in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County on June 27, 1984, to give testimony on behalf of the defendant, John Tailor Gullett, III, who was being tried for perjury. The appellant testified on June 27th, and a formal contempt citation was entered by the court on the following day. He was found to be in contempt on twenty-seven occasions during the course of his testimony for…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Taylor v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
- United States v. Bernard Jerry, and Edgar SaundersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Gilbert F. Sieling, Sr. v. Frank A. Eyman, Warden, Arizona State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Shields v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
- Hentz v. HargettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Culpepper v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Moore v. MooreMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- Butler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
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