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Phillips v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 14, 1966No. 43851PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

183 So.2d 908 (1966)

Eugene PHILLIPS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 43851.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 14, 1966.

A.S. Scott, Jr., Laurel, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

BRADY, Justice:

Eugene Phillips, a twenty-eight year old Negro man, was convicted of murder in the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit Court District of Jones County on March 29, 1965, and was sentenced to imprisonment for life in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. From this conviction and sentence, this appeal is prosecuted.

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Patty v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Hughes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1949
  4. Hale v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Crockerham v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1947

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Rubenstein v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Griffin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Doby v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Thomas v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974

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