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Lee v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 12, 1976No. 49349PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

338 So.2d 399 (1976)

John Junior LEE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49349.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 12, 1976.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1976.

Morris C. Phillips, Jr., A.R. Wright, Jr., Carthage, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Pete Cajoleas, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SUGG and WALKER, JJ.

WALKER, Justice.

John Junior Lee was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Leake County for the murder of Claude E. Smith. Lee was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. In his appeal, his only noteworthy assignments of error concern…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Boulden v. HolmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Harrison v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Cole v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Butler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Lanier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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