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Powell v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 7, 1988No. 58110PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

536 So.2d 13 (1988)

Troy POWELL, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 58110.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 7, 1988.

Mark E. McLeod, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

On Friday, October 17, 1986, at approximately 8:00 o'clock p.m., appellant, Troy Powell, Jr., went into Wilson's Lounge in Copiah County. Powell went to the lounge to have a few drinks and dance. According to testimony he was drunk by 10:00…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Anthony Murray v. Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  3. Watts v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Christian v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Butler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  2. Triplett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Harris v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Horton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Willis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005

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