Legal Opinion
Johnston v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 22, 1993No. 90-KA-1098PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
618 So.2d 90 (1993)
Chester Jordan JOHNSTON, Jr.
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 90-KA-1098.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
April 22, 1993.
P.J. Townsend, Jr., Townsend McWilliams & Holladay, Drew; James N. Sherman, Jr., Townsend McWilliams & Holladay, Indianola, for appellant.
Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Mary Margaret Bowers, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and BANKS, JJ.
SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:
In June of 1976, Ralph Taylor Edwards, Jr., was found dead in his automobile near Indianola, Mississippi. He had been robbed and shot in the head.
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