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Luster v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 25, 1987No. 57179PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

515 So.2d 1177 (1987)

James Earl LUSTER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57179.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 25, 1987.

James D. Minor, Minor & Barnes, Oxford, for appellant.

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

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ANDERSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.,

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant James Earl Luster and Verdell Davis were indicted and jointly tried on a charge of murder in the Circuit Court of Alcorn County. Davis was found innocent by the jury, but the appellant was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Wiley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Wiley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Gathright v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Pearson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Tolbert v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. MurphyOhio Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Snow v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Edwards v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  4. Greenlee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Folk v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991

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