Legal Opinion

Yates v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 12, 1984No. 54415PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

467 So.2d 884 (1984)

Jeff YATES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54415.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 12, 1984.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1985.

J. Ronald Parrish, Laurel, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Anita Mathews Stamps, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Jeff Yates was tried and convicted of murder in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Jones County and sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment. The primary issue raised on this appeal is whether or not his confession was made with a knowing and intelligent waiver…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Byrom v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Hunt v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Keller v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2014
  4. Veal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Hooker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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