Legal Opinion

McNeal v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 6, 1989No. 58333PublishedCited by 169 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Today's appeal is from an adverse ruling of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi. On June 6, 1986, Donald Eugene McNeal was convicted of the crime of murder and sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment in the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Aggrieved by the lower court's final order, Donald McNeal appeals and assigns as error:

I. The Lower Court Erred in Refusing to Grant Defendant's Jury Instruction on Circumstantial Evidence.

II. The Lower Court Erred in that the Evidence, Being Circumstantial, was Insufficient to Support a Guilty Verdict. Alternatively, the Jury's…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Billiot v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. McFee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Cabello v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Keys v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Shearer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982

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3Cited by169 opinions

  1. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Chase v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Conner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Carr v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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