Legal Opinion
Seay v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided December 3, 1951No. 38219PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGehee, O'. J.
The appellant, Shelton Seay, who is a Negro, was tried and convicted for a felonious assault upon C. L. Pace, Jr., sheriff of Tishomingo County, by shooting at the said officer with a pistol from ambnsh in the nighttime. The said defendant was sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the state penitentiary on the ground that the shooting was done with intent to kill and murder, although the indictment does not specifically charge such intent.
The validity of the indictment was challenged not on the ground of any alleged insufficiency of its averments, but rather by a motion to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Smith v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Neal v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Patton v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Matthew Winters v. Thomas D. Cook, Superintendent of the Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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- Matthew Winters v. Thomas D. Cook, Superintendent of the Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973