Legal Opinion

Vance v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 12, 1938No. 33130PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcGowen, J.

On an indictment for murder in the killing of Harrington, the appellant was convicted by a jury of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of twenty years in the state penitentiary.

As we have determined that this case must he reversed and remanded for another trial, we shall not un dertake to state a detailed account of all the facts to be found in the voluminous record, and because of the points seriously urged for reversal we shall not undertake to detail the facts in the order found in the record.

Between 9:30 and 10 o’clock on the night of June 8, 1937, Vance shot Harrington in the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. HoodMississippi Supreme Court · 1920
  2. Dyson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Fore v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Lofton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1901
  5. McGehee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1925

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Hart v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Cotton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Keys v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  4. People v. Preston, New York County Courts1958
  5. In Re M---P---SMissouri Court of Appeals · 1961

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