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Sanders v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 10, 1972No. 46773PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

260 So.2d 466 (1972)

Donald Lamar SANDERS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46773.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 10, 1972.

Roland C. Lewis, Jackson, W.M. Conerly, Vicksburg, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by John M. Kinard, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ROBERTSON, Justice:

Donald Lamar Sanders was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Warren County of murdering Billy Ray Whitehead, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary.

On December 31, 1970, Sanders, who was 24 years of age, and his 20-year old friend, Alvin Breland, were celebrating New…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. United States v. KnoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Autry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1957
  5. May v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1968

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Wilcher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Metcalf v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Murphy v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Young v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Barnette v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985

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