Legal Opinion

Simmons v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 14, 1974No. 47554PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

301 So.2d 565 (1974)

Wallace Daniel SIMMONS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47554.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 14, 1974.

Rehearing Denied November 4, 1974.

Charles J. Weeks, Pascagoula, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

SUGG, Justice:

Defendant and Marsha Gail Wilson were indicted by a grand jury in Jackson County for possession of 1,000 amphetamine tablets with intent to sell. A severance was granted on motion of Marsha Gail Wilson, and defendant was tried separately, convicted and sentenced to serve a term of 5 years in the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Almeida-Sanchez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Kaplan v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
  5. Evans Hobson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1955

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Boches v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Flanagan v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Miller v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1979

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