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Joseph Patton v. State of Mississippi

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 8, 2018No. 2016–KA–01286–SCTPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEAM, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Joseph Patton was convicted of murder following a jury trial in the Warren County Circuit Court. Patton appeals his conviction, claiming his trial was rendered fundamentally unfair by the trial court's refusal to strike for cause two prospective jurors from the jury venire who said during voir dire examination they knew the decedent's son. Finding no merit in Patton's claim, we affirm Patton's conviction.

FACTS

¶ 2. In September 2015, Patton was living with his sixty-three-year-old uncle, Alfred Patton, in a mobile home in Warren County. On Tuesday, September…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Mhoon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Bell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  3. Keyshanwdra Davis a/k/a Keyshawndra Davis a/k/a KeKe a/k/a Keyshawandra Davis a/k/a Keyshawndra KeKe Davis v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2024
  4. Malcolm Ward v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2019
  5. Marcus McCammon a/k/a Marcus Wade McCammon a/k/a Marcus W. McCammon v. State of Mississippi;Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2020

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