Legal Opinion
Peters v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 5, 1975No. 48432PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
314 So.2d 724 (1975)
Ella Marie PETERS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 48432.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 5, 1975.
Rehearing Denied July 14, 1975.
Charles R. Holladay, Picayune, for appellant.
A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Vera Madel Speakes, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
Before RODGERS, INZER and WALKER, JJ.
RODGERS, Presiding Justice:
The appellant was indicted and tried in the Circuit Court of Pearl River County, Mississippi, on a charge of murder. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, and the defendant was sentenced to serve a term of twenty (20) years in the state…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Myers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1972
- Southern Pacific Lumber Company v. ReynoldsMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
- Hale v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1894
- Bright v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
- Brister v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1957
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3Cited by27 opinions
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