Legal Opinion

Watts v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 23, 1998No. 95-KA-00983-SCTPublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

717 So.2d 314 (1998)

Milton E. WATTS a/k/a Milton Eiff Watts a/k/a Milton Smith

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 95-KA-00983-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 23, 1998.

Kay S. Beene, Vicksburg, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Pat S. Flynn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for Appellee.

Before PRATHER, C.J., and BANKS and SMITH, JJ.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Milton Watts was indicted by the Issaquena County Grand Jury for the crime of murder in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-19 and for the crime of armed robbery in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-79. On April 3, 1995,…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. United States v. BatchelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Wetz v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  5. May v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by49 opinions

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