Legal Opinion

State v. Read

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 3, 1989No. 58458PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

544 So.2d 810 (1989)

STATE of Mississippi

v.

Cathy READ.

No. 58458.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 3, 1989.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Henry C. Clay, III, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellant.

Richard H. Wilson, Brandon, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Cathy Read petitioned the County Court of Rankin County on April 21, 1987, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Following an evidentiary hearing, Judge James W. Smith, Jr., granted the petition, and issued an order on May 22, 1987,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Read v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Irving v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  3. McClendon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Dufour v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Walter Leonard, Jr. v. Mississippi State Probation and Parole BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Grubb v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Milam v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Lacey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2009
  4. Meshell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2002
  5. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005

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