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Hickson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 5, 1985No. 54779PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

472 So.2d 379 (1985)

Denver Ray HICKSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54779.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 5, 1985.

W. Vol Jones, Jr., Waynesboro, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Jack Lacy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

This case begins with the unexplained disappearance of a young prostitute from the Mississippi Gulf Coast back in April of 1982. A month later a group of youths swimming playfully in…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Taylor v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. May v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by63 opinions

  1. Ballenger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. McFee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Holland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Griffin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Jenkins v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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