Legal Opinion

Harrison v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 26, 1973No. 47501PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

285 So.2d 889 (1973)

W.F. HARRISON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47501.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 26, 1973.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1973.

Daniel P. Self, Jr., Robert W. Bailey, Meridian, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Pete J. Cajoleas, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

Indicted for the murder of Walter McMullan, defendant was tried in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. The sole question is whether defendant's confession was voluntary.

After defendant was arrested in Alabama and removed…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Stewart v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1950

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Neal v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Wilcher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Butler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Hughes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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