Legal Opinion
McDougle v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 15, 1978No. 50293PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Tommy McDougle appeals from a conviction of murder and life sentence by the Circuit Court of Nashoba County.
On September 4, 1976, Theodore Lyons and Tommy McDougle were playing a card game called "tunk" in a booth of the Kick-Off Club in Neshoba County. Lyons won the first two hands and McDougle the third hand. In the fourth hand the appellant dealt himself one too many cards and declared a misdeal. Lyons and McDougle both seized the two dollars upon the gaming table, engendering an argument which precipitated the fatal shots.
According to Robert Jones, an eyewitness, McDougle was standing by…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Michigan v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. Ray Allen CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- United States of America Ex Rel. Ronald Doss v. Peter Bensinger and John TwomeyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- Sprinkle v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1925
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
- Tolbert v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Bruce Nelson, P-8315 v. Thomas A. Fulcomer Appeal of Bruce NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Murphy v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
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