Legal Opinion

Taylor v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 5, 1973No. 47481PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

285 So.2d 172 (1973)

Tommy Lee TAYLOR

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47481.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 5, 1973.

W.E. Bearden, Jr., Columbus, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

Tommy Lee Taylor was indicted by the Grand Jury of Lowndes County, Mississippi in December, 1964, on one charge of rape and two charges of attempted rape. When it developed that he was an indigent, the trial judge immediately appointed an attorney to represent the defendant. The appointed attorney talked with the prisoner in…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Roosevelt Walker v. E. B. Caldwell, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  4. Alexander v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Bullock v. HARPOLE, S. ST. PENITENTIARYMississippi Supreme Court · 1958

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Alexander v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Wilson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Cain v. McKinnonMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Haynes v. AndersonMississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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