Legal Opinion

Cooley v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1980No. 51807PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

391 So.2d 614 (1980)

Chester Lee COOLEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51807.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 27, 1980.

As Modified On Denial of Rehearing December 17, 1980.

J. Ronald Parrish, Laurel, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

EN BANC.

SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Chester Lee Cooley was indicted for the murder of Charles Earl Moore. He was tried on that charge in the Circuit Court of Jones County.

Although it appears from the record that the great weight of the overall evidence supported the State's theory that the…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Shearer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Robinson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Palmer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  4. State v. ShawMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  5. Griffin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986

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