Legal Opinion

King v. Thigpen

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 14, 1983No. 53027PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

441 So.2d 1365 (1983)

Mack Arthur KING

v.

Morris THIGPEN, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al.

No. 53027.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 14, 1983.

Wilbur O. Colom, Colom, Mitchell & Colom, Columbus, James E. Rocap, III, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellees.

EN BANC.

ON APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A PETITION FOR WRIT OF ERROR CORAM NOBIS[1]

WALKER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

On December 4-5, 1980, Mack Arthur King was tried, convicted and sentenced to suffer death in the manner…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Schneble v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. William L. Wiley v. Steve W. Puckett, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary, and Mike Moore, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  2. King v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Kenneth W. Wheat, Cross-Appellant v. Morris Thigpen, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  5. Perkins v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986

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