Legal Opinion

Shaw v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 27, 1989No. 58296PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

540 So.2d 26 (1989)

L.G. SHAW

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 58296.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 27, 1989.

William R. Fortier, Fortier & Rich, Ripley, for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, ANDERSON and ZUCCARO, JJ.

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the September 12, 1986, judgment of the Benton County Circuit Court wherein L.G. Shaw was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment with five years suspended. Shaw assigns four errors by the trial court. In affirming, we…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Newell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Haynes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Carter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Girton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Conner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Balfour v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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