Legal Opinion

Hutto v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 11, 2017No. 2014-DP-00177-SCTPublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHAMBERLIN, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. A jury convicted James Cobb Hutto III of capital murder for the death of Ethel W. Simpson. The jury also found Hutto should suffer death. Hutto raises fourteen assignments of error on appeal. Finding no reversible error, we affirm Hutto’s conviction and sentence.

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURE

¶2. This case concerns the killing of eighty-one-year-old Ethel W. Simpson. The' following facts were established at trial.. ¶ 3. On September 8, 2010, James Cobb Hutto III, a Jasper, Alabama, resident,, contacted his ex-girlfriend, Sherri Lawson. Hutto told…

2Cases cited100 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Abdur Rahim Ambrose v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2018
  2. Welford Lee McCarty v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2018
  3. Abdulkhaliq Mohammed Murshid a/k/a Andy v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2021
  4. Adam L. Mills a/k/a Adam Larry Mills v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2023
  5. Alberto Julio Garcia a/k/a Alberto J. Garcia a/k/a Alberto Garcia v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2020

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