Legal Opinion

Scott v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 22, 1984No. 54131PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

446 So.2d 580 (1984)

Vernon Lee SCOTT

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54131.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 22, 1984.

William A. Brown, Joel P. Walker, Walker, Brown & Brown, Hernando, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and HAWKINS and DAN M. LEE, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of DeSoto County wherein the appellant, Vernon Lee Scott, was found guilty of murder. Scott was indicted in the February, 1981 term of the DeSoto County Grand Jury. The…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Robinson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Pittman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Bond v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1964
  4. Shinall v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1967
  5. John W. Young v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. May v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Milano v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  4. De La Beckwith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Montana v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2002

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