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Wilson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 25, 1987No. 57299PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

515 So.2d 1181 (1987)

Jeffrey WILSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57299.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 25, 1987.

Mager A. Varnado, Jr., Gulfport, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

Jeffrey Wilson was tried in December 1985 in the Circuit Court of Harrison County and convicted of capital rape. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. From this conviction and sentence, Wilson appeals. We affirm.

The jury found Wilson guilty of the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Norman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Coates v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Shelby v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1981
  4. McCullum v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Van Norman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Fisher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Morris v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Baine v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Patton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2012
  5. Givens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1998

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