Legal Opinion

Fisher v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 5, 1996No. 92-KA-00933-SCTPublishedCited by 83 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

690 So.2d 268 (1996)

Derrick T. FISHER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 92-KA-00933-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 5, 1996.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1997.

Ross Parker Simons, Pascagoula, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Pat S. Flynn, Asst. Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and PITTMAN and McRAE, JJ.

PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:

Statement of the Case

The Appellant, Derrick Fisher, was tried and convicted of the capital rape of his eleven year-old niece. His appeal raises eight issues, five of which we feel merit discussion: whether the trial…

Also in this document: Concurrence · Lee; Concurrence · Banks; Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Mistretta v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. United States v. WiltbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1820
  3. Ex Parte United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  4. Shell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Johnson v. LutzNew York Court of Appeals · 1930

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3Cited by83 opinions

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  3. Hughes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Burns v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Turner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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