Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 9, 1984No. 54826PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

451 So.2d 718 (1984)

Eddie Lee WILSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54826.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 9, 1984.

Carroll Rhodes, Hazlehurst, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BOWLING and DAN M. LEE, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice for the Court:

Eddie Lee Wilson was tried in the Circuit Court of Copiah County on a charge of attempted rape. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the court imposed a sentence of ten years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Wilson appeals,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Callahan v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  4. Hentz v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Tigner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985

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