Legal Opinion
Townsend v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided August 5, 1992No. 89-KA-0342PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
605 So.2d 767 (1992)
Willie Charles TOWNSEND and Josephine Kanoa Townsend
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 89-KA-0342.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
August 5, 1992.
Pat Donald, Morton, for appellant.
Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Deirdre McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
EN BANC.
ROY NOBLE LEE, Chief Justice, for the court:
Willie Charles Townsend and Josephine Kanoa Townsend, husband and wife, were jointly indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Scott County, Mississippi, for burglary and they were each sentenced to seven (7) years in the custody of the Mississippi…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Peterson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- People v. SpatesIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
- Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
- United States v. Dr. Luther Lewis Ashley, Jr., and John Franklin RoperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- McInnis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Mitchell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
- Johnston v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
- Webster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
- Bogard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
- Givens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1998
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