Legal Opinion

Wadford v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 9, 1980No. 51816PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

385 So.2d 951 (1980)

Tillman WADFORD

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51816.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 9, 1980.

Montgomery, Smith-Vaniz & Stater, C.R. Montgomery, Don McGraw, Burke C. Murphy, Jr., Canton, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, James W. Smith, Pearl, for appellee.

En Banc.

SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

Tillman Wadford was indicted for the murder of one Greg Coghlan. He was tried on that charge in the Circuit Court of Madison County, found guilty, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

On appeal, it is argued that the…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Glass v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Pittman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Craft v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  4. Shields v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
  5. Gambrell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1908

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  2. De La Beckwith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Strong v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Day v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001

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