Legal Opinion

McEwen v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 9, 1969No. 45520PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

224 So.2d 206 (1969)

Douglas McEWEN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 45520.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 9, 1969.

Russell Blair, Oxford, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

JONES, Justice:

On a previous day of this term, we reviewed the record presented to us and found that it contained no final order and no requisition request from the Governor of Indiana. Because of lack of jurisdiction in the absence of a final order, we treated the case as an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus addressed to us and issued an order in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Oliver Lee Kirkland and Elizabeth Smith v. Paul H. Preston and Luke MooreCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
  2. Loper v. Dees, SheriffMississippi Supreme Court · 1951

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Walden v. MosleyDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1970
  2. Commonwealth ex rel. Marshall v. GedneySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Taylor v. GarrisonMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Prettyman v. KarnoppNebraska Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Godsey v. HoustonMississippi Supreme Court · 1991

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