Legal Opinion

King v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 27, 1982No. 53027PublishedCited by 266 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

421 So.2d 1009 (1982)

Mack Arthur KING

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53027.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 27, 1982.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1982.

Joe O. Sams, Jr., Thomas L. Kesler, Columbus, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, John M. Montgomery, Dist. Atty., Starkville, for appellee.

En Banc.

SUGG, Presiding Justice, for the Court on Parts I and II.

About 10:30 a.m. on August 3, 1980 Mrs. Lelia Patterson was found dead in a bathtub in her home. An investigation revealed that the screen on a door had been cut, the telephone wires outside…

Also in this document: Dissent · Sugg; Dissent · Hawkins.

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Bullock v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Coleman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Irving v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by266 opinions

  1. State v. BlandTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Hansen v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Ballenger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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