Legal Opinion

Hinton v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 5, 1969No. 45302PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

222 So.2d 690 (1969)

William B. HINTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 45302.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 5, 1969.

A.S. Scott, Jr., Carl Dexter Ford, Laurel, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ROBERTSON, Justice:

The appellant, William B. Hinton, was found guilty of constructive contempt of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County, Mississippi, and was sentenced to be confined in the county jail for a period of six months and to pay a fine of $500.

The Information charged:

"I. That heretofore at this…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Cheff v. SchnackenbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. United States v. BarnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Clark v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
  5. Young v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1957

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Walls v. SpellMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  2. State v. PassmoreCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2005
  3. Kitchens v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  4. McGowan v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1972
  5. Clark v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976

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