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Shannon v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 27, 1975No. 48725PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

321 So.2d 1 (1975)

Joe H. SHANNON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 48725.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 27, 1975.

Hathorn & Hathorn, Louisville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Catherine Walker, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, INZER and WALKER, JJ.

PATTERSON, Justice.

Joe Shannon was convicted of murder by the Circuit Court of Winston County. He was sentenced to life in the state penitentiary and now appeals. We affirm.

The first assignment of error is that the trial court erred in not directing a verdict for the defendant at the conclusion of the state's…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Murphree v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  2. King v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Carter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1975
  4. Thompson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Self v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1937

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Groseclose v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Fleming v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Gossett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Hiter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Gandy v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1979

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