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Capler v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 6, 1972No. 45737PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

268 So.2d 338 (1972)

Willie CAPLER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 45737.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 6, 1972.

Fountain D. Dawson, Campbell, DeLong, Keady, Robertson & Hagwood, Greenville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Velia Ann Mayer and Karen Gilfoy, Special Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice.

ON MOTION TO DISCHARGE OR FOR OTHER APPROPRIATE RELIEF

The defendant in this case was convicted of murder and sentenced to suffer death. On a former date this Court affirmed the judgment of the Circuit Court of Washington…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. State v. SansomeMississippi Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Capler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1970
  4. State v. JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1926

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Jackson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
  2. De La Beckwith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Ivy v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Peterson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975

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