Introducing ATLASLearn more
Legal Opinion

Polk v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 31, 1992No. 90-KA-0308PublishedCited by 88 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

612 So.2d 381 (1992)

Willie James POLK

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 90-KA-0308.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 31, 1992.

Clarence Whitaker, Vicksburg, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Mary Margaret Bowers, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PITTMAN and ROBERTS, JJ.

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Following a change of venue from Claiborne County, Willie James Polk was convicted in the circuit court of Warren County of the murders of Mary Belle Simmons and Georgia Mae Thomas and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment. On…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  4. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

41 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by88 opinions

  1. State v. BibleArizona Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Mississippi Transp. Comm'n v. McLemoreMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  3. Coleman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Simmons v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Puckett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

83 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

View API DocsGet API Key

Powered by the Exa API