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Houston v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 7, 1988No. DP-78PublishedCited by 263 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

531 So.2d 598 (1988)

Judy Lane HOUSTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. DP-78.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 7, 1988.

Jack R. Jones, III, Taylor, Jones, Alexander & Seale, Southaven, Robert M. Ryan, Senatobia, Clive A. Stafford Smith, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Donald G. Barlow and Felicia C. Adams, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, Robert L. Williams, Dist. Atty., Water Valley, for appellee.

En Banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

This shocking case of a mother's inhumanity to her child presents in sharp focus the dual…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Taylor v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. Michigan v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by263 opinions

  1. Ballenger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Chase v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Conner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994

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