Legal Opinion
Coon v. Ledbetter
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 16, 1986No. Nos. 83-4215, 85-4048 and 85-4235PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
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When fighting led to shooting in a Mississippi tavern, Billy Dan Coon and his friend Buddy Nelson departed the scene. Coon said later that a man named Tanner had threatened him with a knife, stated that he knew where Coon lived, and warned that he would get him later. As Coon and Nelson drove away, apparently with dispatch, they hit another car, but quickly left that scene as well. Coon then left Nelson at Coon’s father’s house and went on to his own trailer home.
While sheriff’s deputies were investigating the incident at the tavern, the hit-and-run…
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