Legal Opinion

Shows v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 16, 1972No. 46897PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SUGG, Justice:

Appellant was indicted with three other persons for the crime of armed robbery. He was tried separately and convicted in the Circuit Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, and sentenced to 15 years in the State Penitentiary.

Appellant assigns as error the following:

1. The court erred in overruling his motion for a directed verdict.

2. The court erred in accepting the jury’s verdict as being contrary to the weight of the evidence.

3. The court erred in overruling appellant’s motion to quash the jury on the ground that Section 1762 Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated (1956) is…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ivey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1970

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Thomas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Smothers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1998
  4. Dennis Gerald Willis v. State of MSMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Deshpande v. Ferguson Bros. Construction Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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