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Mettetal v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1992No. 89-KA-1235PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

602 So.2d 864 (1992)

Jerry Wayne METTETAL

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 89-KA-1235.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 1, 1992.

David O. Bell, Oxford, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Deirdre McCrory, Sp. Ass't Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and PITTMAN and BANKS, JJ.

PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:

Jerry Wayne Mettetal killed Joe Cosby, a Deputy Sheriff for Panola County, on September 30, 1988, and was indicted for capital murder. Mettetal's counsel filed abundant pre-trial motions, including a motion to suppress Mettetal's statement confessing the killing. The…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Michigan v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Ross v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Michigan v. HarveySupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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3Cited by60 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Hunter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Bell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Edwards v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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