Legal Opinion

Rhone v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 22, 1971No. 46459PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

254 So.2d 750 (1971)

Jim Paul RHONE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46459.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 22, 1971.

Roy Pitts, Meridian, for appellant.

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

INZER, Justice:

Appellant Jim Paul Rhone was indicted, tried, and convicted in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County for the crime of murder while engaged in the commission of the crime of armed robbery. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary, and from this conviction and sentence he appeals.

The evidence on behalf of the state…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
  2. Jones v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1969
  3. Armstrong v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Harvey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Fisher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1926

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Cole v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  3. Shell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  4. De La Beckwith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Jackson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989

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