Legal Opinion

Galloway v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 2, 1977No. 49460PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Justice,

for the Court.

Indicted for murder in the Circuit Court of George County, George Kendall Galloway was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of sixteen years in the State Penitentiary.

Defendant was charged with killing Sam Fairley, a relative. About noon on the day Sam Fairley met his death, he was riding in the automobile of James Tillman. Tillman observed that the defendant was following him along the road and Sam Fairley told Tillman to stop and “let’s give him a drink.” They stopped on one side of the road and defendant stopped on the other side of the road, both…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. King v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Done v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1947

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. O'BRYANT v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Luster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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