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Hester v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 13, 1985No. 54574PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

463 So.2d 1087 (1985)

Cheryl A. HESTER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54574.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 13, 1985.

Samuel H. Wilkins, James O. Nelson, II, Wilkins, Ellington & James, Jackson, for appellant.

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

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

I

A Rankin County jury convicted Cheryl A. Hester of the capital murder of Harley Winn, who was found stabbed to death in the woods near a trailer park in Pearl, Mississippi. The jury sentenced Hester to life…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  3. Read v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Locke v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
  5. Lanier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by71 opinions

  1. Fisher v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Lockett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Abram v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  4. White v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Bevill v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990

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