Legal Opinion

Durr v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 17, 1998No. 95-CT-00488-SCTPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

722 So.2d 134 (1998)

Desmond DURR

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 95-CT-00488-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 17, 1998.

Warren L. Conway, Gulfport, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Billy L. Gore, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., for Appellee.

En Banc.

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

I

¶ 1. Desmond Durr was convicted of manslaughter in the Circuit Court of Sunflower County in February of 1995 for killing a fellow inmate while incarcerated in the state penitentiary located at Parchman, Mississippi. On November 21, 1997, his conviction and sentence were…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Jaske v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1989
  2. Helton v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. State v. BrownOhio Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. State v. FransuaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1973
  5. King v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1965

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. ShawMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  2. State v. MacKrillMontana Supreme Court · 2008
  3. Woods v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2013
  4. State of Mississippi v. Tommy Dean ShawMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  5. United States v. Rico WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2016

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