Legal Opinion

Carleton v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 14, 1983No. 53481PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

425 So.2d 1036 (1983)

Clayton W. CARLETON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53481.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 14, 1983.

Wittman & Berry, Thomas D. Berry, Jr., Gulfport, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

WALKER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

The appellant, Clayton W. Carleton, was convicted of murder in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County and sentenced to a term of life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. From that judgment and sentence, Carleton appeals.…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  2. State Ex Rel. Richardson v. EdgeworthMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  3. Hydrick v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
  4. Stewart v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Shields v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1962

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Lanier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Hunter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Bevill v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990

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