Legal Opinion

Morgan v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 11, 1979No. 50967PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

370 So.2d 231 (1979)

William H. MORGAN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50967.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 11, 1979.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 1979.

Terry L. Jordan, Thomas L. Booker, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Susan L. Runnels, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

EN BANC.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Neshoba County, Mississippi, wherein William H. Morgan was convicted of aggravated assault on a fireman. From that conviction and sentence of fifteen years in the custody of the Department of Corrections, he…

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Coffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Newell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Carr v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Martin v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1929
  5. Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Girton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. State v. TennantWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Martin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Morgan v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Pulliam v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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