Legal Opinion

Yarborough v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 4, 1987No. 57242PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

514 So.2d 1215 (1987)

Robert W. YARBOROUGH

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57242.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 4, 1987.

William W. Martin, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., by Deirdre McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal from a trial court's denial of post-conviction relief arises out of a young rape victim's attempt to recant her trial testimony against her father. The underlying facts alternately tug at the heart strings and outrage the senses as the…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  3. State v. MiddletonOregon Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Gavin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. People v. . ShilitanoNew York Court of Appeals · 1916

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Folk v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
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  3. Daniels by Glass v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  4. Ferrell v. WallSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2005
  5. Howell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008

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